diff --git a/src/applications/audit/management/PhabricatorAuditSynchronizeManagementWorkflow.php b/src/applications/audit/management/PhabricatorAuditSynchronizeManagementWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/audit/management/PhabricatorAuditSynchronizeManagementWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/audit/management/PhabricatorAuditSynchronizeManagementWorkflow.php
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@
           echo tsprintf(
             "%s\n",
             pht(
-              'Updated "%s": "%s" -> "%s".',
+              'Updating "%s": "%s" -> "%s".',
               $commit->getDisplayName(),
               PhabricatorAuditCommitStatusConstants::getStatusName(
                 $old_status),
               PhabricatorAuditCommitStatusConstants::getStatusName(
                 $new_status)));
+
+          $commit->save();
         }
       }
     }