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
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 <pre id="editor_pre"></pre>
                 <textarea id="editor" name="content" style="display:none">${h.escape(c.file.content)|n}</textarea>
                 <div style="padding: 10px;color:#666666">${_('commit message')}</div>
-                <textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 60px;width: 99%;margin-left:4px"></textarea>
+                <textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 60px;width: 99%;margin-left:4px" placeholder="${c.default_message}"></textarea>
             </div>
             <div style="text-align: left;padding-top: 5px">
             ${h.submit('commit',_('Commit changes'),class_="ui-btn")}