diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4bc0f30158..ba57100e86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ git-annex (10.20240228) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     prevented in most cases, it failed to prevent the case where
     two different repositories were sending the same content to
     the same repository.
+  * Windows: Fix escaping output to terminal when using old
+    versions of MinTTY.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:07:10 -0400
 
diff --git a/Utility/Terminal.hs b/Utility/Terminal.hs
index d449ddda1e..5c0b5a6b8e 100644
--- a/Utility/Terminal.hs
+++ b/Utility/Terminal.hs
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ checkIsTerminal h = do
 				then return (IsTerminal False)
 				else do
 					b' <- isMinTTYHandle h'
-					return (IsTerminal b)
+					return (IsTerminal b')
 #endif