diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_history.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_history.py
index 975853ac21..d9ebd879e8 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_history.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_history.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from seahub.api2.throttling import UserRateThrottle
 from seahub.api2.authentication import TokenAuthentication
 from seahub.api2.utils import api_error
-
+from seahub.profile.models import Profile
+from seahub.base.templatetags.seahub_tags import email2nickname
 from seahub.options.models import UserOptions, CryptoOptionNotSetError
 from seahub.utils.timeutils import timestamp_to_isoformat_timestr
 from seahub.utils import new_merge_with_no_conflict
@@ -27,9 +28,11 @@ class RepoHistory(APIView):
     throttle_classes = (UserRateThrottle, )
 
     def get_item_info(self, commit):
-
+        email = commit.creator_name
         item_info = {
-            'creator': commit.creator_name,
+            "name": email2nickname(email),
+            "contact_email": Profile.objects.get_contact_email_by_user(email),
+            'email': email,
             'time': timestamp_to_isoformat_timestr(commit.ctime),
             'description': commit.desc,
             'commit_id': commit.id,
diff --git a/tests/api/endpoints/test_repo_history.py b/tests/api/endpoints/test_repo_history.py
index dd8a1f3a16..8da8dae397 100644
--- a/tests/api/endpoints/test_repo_history.py
+++ b/tests/api/endpoints/test_repo_history.py
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ class RepoHistoryTest(BaseTestCase):
         resp = self.client.get(self.url)
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
         json_resp = json.loads(resp.content)
-        assert json_resp['data'][0]['creator'] == self.user_name
+        assert json_resp['data'][0]['email'] == self.user_name