diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index dd84caecbc..aae7a4d7ee 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -331,11 +331,14 @@ int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags)
 		git_config_set("receive.denyNonFastforwards", "true");
 	}
 
-	if (!(flags & INIT_DB_QUIET))
-		printf("%s%s Git repository in %s/\n",
+	if (!(flags & INIT_DB_QUIET)) {
+		const char *git_dir = get_git_dir();
+		int len = strlen(git_dir);
+		printf("%s%s Git repository in %s%s\n",
 		       reinit ? "Reinitialized existing" : "Initialized empty",
 		       shared_repository ? " shared" : "",
-		       get_git_dir());
+		       git_dir, len && git_dir[len-1] != '/' ? "/" : "");
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin-rev-parse.c b/builtin-rev-parse.c
index 37d0233521..d0ccb4c968 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--git-dir")) {
 				const char *gitdir = getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
 				static char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+				int len;
 				if (gitdir) {
 					puts(gitdir);
 					continue;
@@ -618,7 +619,8 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				}
 				if (!getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX))
 					die_errno("unable to get current working directory");
-				printf("%s/.git\n", cwd);
+				len = strlen(cwd);
+				printf("%s%s.git\n", cwd, len && cwd[len-1] != '/' ? "/" : "");
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--is-inside-git-dir")) {