diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_add.html b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_add.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_add.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_add.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                     <textarea id="editor" name="content" style="display:none"></textarea>
                 </div>
                 <div style="padding: 10px;color:#666666">${_('commit message')}</div>
-                <textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 100px;width: 99%;margin-left:4px"></textarea>
+                <textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 100px;width: 99%;margin-left:4px" placeholder="${c.default_message}"></textarea>
             </div>
             <div style="text-align: l;padding-top: 5px">
             ${h.submit('commit',_('Commit changes'),class_="ui-btn")}