diff --git a/src/commitizen/staging.js b/src/commitizen/staging.js
index caac1f05..58895089 100644
--- a/src/commitizen/staging.js
+++ b/src/commitizen/staging.js
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ export {isClean};
  * Asynchrounously determines if the staging area is clean
  */
 function isClean(repoPath, done) {
-  git.exec({cwd:repoPath, args: '--no-pager diff --cached', quiet: true}, function (err, stdout) {
+  git.exec({cwd:repoPath, args: '--no-pager diff --cached --name-only', quiet: true}, function (err, stdout) {
     let stagingIsClean;
     if(stdout && isString(stdout) && stdout.trim().length>0)
     {
-      stagingIsClean = false;  
+      stagingIsClean = false;
     } else {
       stagingIsClean = true;
     }
     done(stagingIsClean);
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}