diff --git a/base/verbose-git-status b/base/verbose-git-status
index eb88ecb62ba303891ec5e6925fb4875d33cab136..c2e40a66e426c27c3a98cc9c61351a03d0d7c35e 100755
--- a/base/verbose-git-status
+++ b/base/verbose-git-status
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ dir=${1:?Need a directory to report status for}
 name=${2:?Need a project name to report}
 
 remote=$(git -C "$dir" remote get-url origin)
+# hide any credentials from the git url
+remote=$(printf '%s\n' "$remote" | sed 's,://[^/]*@,://,')
 branch=$(git -C "$dir" symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD)
 commit=$(git -C "$dir" rev-parse HEAD)