diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/compare/compare_cs.html b/rhodecode/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <td class="expand_commit" commit_id="${cs.raw_id}" title="${_('Expand commit message')}">
             <i class="icon-resize-vertical" style="color:#DDD"></i>
         </td>
-        <td><div id="C-${cs.raw_id}" class="message" style="white-space:normal; height: 10px;width: 250px">${h.urlify_commit(cs.message, c.repo_name)}</div></td>
+        <td><div id="C-${cs.raw_id}" class="message" style="white-space:normal; height:1.1em; padding:0">${h.urlify_commit(cs.message, c.repo_name)}</div></td>
         </tr>
     %endfor
     </table>