diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index c88bace38..dae31a0fd 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
         <script src='js/id/util.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/util/session_mutex.js'></script>
+        <script src='js/id/util/relevant_changes.js'></script>
 
         <script src='js/id/services/taginfo.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/services/wikipedia.js'></script>
diff --git a/js/id/ui/commit.js b/js/id/ui/commit.js
index 49b8b649f..c9b02a875 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/commit.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/commit.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ iD.ui.Commit = function(context) {
         var li = section.append('ul')
             .attr('class', 'changeset-list')
             .selectAll('li')
-            .data(function(d) { return changes[d]; })
+            .data(function(d) { return iD.util.relevantChanges(context.graph(), changes[d]); })
             .enter()
             .append('li');
 
diff --git a/js/id/util/relevant_changes.js b/js/id/util/relevant_changes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2e4bce80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/id/util/relevant_changes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// filters out verticies where the parent entity is already present
+// for simpler changeset listing
+iD.util.relevantChanges = function(graph, entities) {
+    var relevant = {};
+    for (var i = entities.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        var entity = entities[i];
+        if (entity.geometry(graph) === 'vertex') {
+            var parents = graph.parentWays(entity);
+            for (var j = parents.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+                var parent = parents[j];
+                relevant[parent.id] = parent;
+            }
+        } else {
+            relevant[entity.id] = entity;
+        }
+    }
+    return d3.values(relevant);
+};
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 14fb4087e..170cc5ea4 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
     <script src='../js/id/presets/field.js'></script>
 
     <script src='../js/id/util/session_mutex.js'></script>
+    <script src='../js/id/util/relevant_changes.js'></script>
 
     <script src='../js/id/validate.js'></script>
 
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@
 
     <script src="spec/util.js"></script>
     <script src='spec/util/session_mutex.js'></script>
+    <script src='spec/util/relevant_changes.js'></script>
 
     <script src="spec/behavior/hash.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/behavior/hover.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/index_packaged.html b/test/index_packaged.html
index 356e4b687..650a0b886 100644
--- a/test/index_packaged.html
+++ b/test/index_packaged.html
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
     <script src="spec/util.js"></script>
     <script src='spec/util/session_mutex.js'></script>
+    <script src='spec/util/relevant_changes.js'></script>
 
     <script src="spec/behavior/hash.js"></script>
     <script src="spec/behavior/hover.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/spec/util/relevant_changes.js b/test/spec/util/relevant_changes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a5432bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/util/relevant_changes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+describe("iD.util.relevantChanges", function() {
+    var graph = iD.Graph({
+        'a': iD.Node({id: 'a', loc: [0, 0]}),
+        'b': iD.Node({id: 'b', loc: [2, 0]}),
+        'c': iD.Node({id: 'c', loc: [2, 2]}),
+        'd': iD.Node({id: 'd', loc: [0, 2]}),
+        'e': iD.Node({id: 'e', loc: [0, 2]}),
+        '-': iD.Way({id: '-', nodes: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'a']})
+    });
+
+    it("returns a way that changed", function() {
+        var entities = [graph.entity('-')],
+            a = iD.util.relevantChanges(graph, entities);
+        expect(a).to.eql(entities);
+    });
+
+    it("just returns the way that changed, leaving out the verticies", function() {
+        var entities = [
+            graph.entity('a'),
+            graph.entity('b'),
+            graph.entity('c'),
+            graph.entity('d'),
+            graph.entity('e'),
+            graph.entity('-')],
+            a = iD.util.relevantChanges(graph, entities),
+            way = [graph.entity('-')];
+        expect(a).to.eql(way);
+    });
+});