diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			    <pre id="editor_pre"></pre>
 				<textarea id="editor" name="content" style="display:none">${c.file.content|n}</textarea>
 				<div style="padding: 10px;color:#666666">${_('commit message')}</div>
-				<textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 100px;width: 99%"></textarea>
+				<textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 60px;width: 99%;margin-left:4px"></textarea>
 			</div>
 			<div style="text-align: right;padding-top: 5px">
 			<input id="reset" type="button" value="${_('Reset')}" class="ui-button-small" />