diff --git a/pre_commit/resources/hook-tmpl b/pre_commit/resources/hook-tmpl
index 1dd66a2a..4ebeb2e1 100755
--- a/pre_commit/resources/hook-tmpl
+++ b/pre_commit/resources/hook-tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ARGS+=(--hook-dir "$HERE" -- "$@")
 
 if [ -x "$INSTALL_PYTHON" ]; then
     exec "$INSTALL_PYTHON" -mpre_commit "${ARGS[@]}"
-elif command -v pre-commit; then
+elif command -v pre-commit > /dev/null; then
     exec pre-commit "${ARGS[@]}"
 else
    echo '`pre-commit` not found.  Did you forget to activate your virtualenv?' 1>&2