diff --git a/shell/smsummary.sh b/shell/smsummary.sh
index a4bd1d3..98c282f 100644
--- a/shell/smsummary.sh
+++ b/shell/smsummary.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Open Network Automation Platform and contributors
 #
 #  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -16,11 +17,4 @@
 # Usage:   sh smsummary.sh output_file
 #
 
-echo "************************************************************************************" > $1
-echo "* Submodule branches used to build this version of the documentation.              *" >> $1
-echo "************************************************************************************" >> $1
-
-git submodule foreach git for-each-ref \
-  --format='%(committerdate:iso8601) %(objectname) %(HEAD) %(refname) %(subject)' \
-  --sort -committerdate refs/heads/ | \
-  sed -e 's:^:       :' -e 's:       Entering .docs/submodules/::' -e 's:.git.$::' -e 's:refs/heads/::' >> $1
+git submodule status | sed -e 's:^ ::' -e 's: :,:' -e 's: :,:' -e 's:[()]::g' -e 's:\.git::' > $1