diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js b/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
index a0b076b2c..893ffb856 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function outputChangelog (args, newVersion) {
       preset: presetLoader(args),
       tagPrefix: args.tagPrefix,
       releaseCount: args.releaseCount
-    }, context, { merges: null, path: args.path }, args.parserOpts, args.writerOpts)
+    }, context, { merges: null, path: args.path, showSignature: false  }, args.parserOpts, args.writerOpts)
       .on('error', function (err) {
         return reject(err)
       })