diff --git a/commands/pull_request.go b/commands/pull_request.go
index e608ac2a46a42c83eef77143f05de5e593ba9638..d54c2237f5d3fe0e58aaed219c7594a552b2952c 100644
--- a/commands/pull_request.go
+++ b/commands/pull_request.go
@@ -126,30 +126,48 @@ func writePullRequestTitleAndBody(repo *github.Repo) (title, body string, err er
 }
 
 func writePullRequestChanges(repo *github.Repo, messageFile string) error {
-	message := `
-# Requesting a pull to %s from %s
-#
-# Write a message for this pull request. The first block
-# of the text is the title and the rest is description.%s
-`
-	startRegexp := regexp.MustCompilePOSIX("^")
-	endRegexp := regexp.MustCompilePOSIX(" +$")
-
-	commitLogs, _ := git.Log(repo.Base, repo.Head)
-	var changesMsg string
-	if len(commitLogs) > 0 {
-		commitLogs = strings.TrimSpace(commitLogs)
-		commitLogs = startRegexp.ReplaceAllString(commitLogs, "# ")
-		commitLogs = endRegexp.ReplaceAllString(commitLogs, "")
-		changesMsg = `
+	commits, err := git.RefList(repo.Base, repo.Head)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var defaultMsg, commitSummary string
+	if len(commits) == 1 {
+		defaultMsg, err = git.Show(commits[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defaultMsg = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", defaultMsg)
+	} else if len(commits) > 1 {
+		commitLogs, err := git.Log(repo.Base, repo.Head)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if len(commitLogs) > 0 {
+			startRegexp := regexp.MustCompilePOSIX("^")
+			endRegexp := regexp.MustCompilePOSIX(" +$")
+
+			commitLogs = strings.TrimSpace(commitLogs)
+			commitLogs = startRegexp.ReplaceAllString(commitLogs, "# ")
+			commitLogs = endRegexp.ReplaceAllString(commitLogs, "")
+			commitSummary = `
 #
 # Changes:
 #
 %s`
-		changesMsg = fmt.Sprintf(changesMsg, commitLogs)
+			commitSummary = fmt.Sprintf(commitSummary, commitLogs)
+		}
 	}
 
-	message = fmt.Sprintf(message, repo.FullBase(), repo.FullHead(), changesMsg)
+	message := `%s
+# Requesting a pull to %s from %s
+#
+# Write a message for this pull request. The first block
+# of the text is the title and the rest is description.%s
+`
+
+	message = fmt.Sprintf(message, defaultMsg, repo.FullBase(), repo.FullHead(), commitSummary)
 
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(messageFile, []byte(message), 0644)
 }
diff --git a/git/git.go b/git/git.go
index 821bfec7c60c1cda8c0aa81980f1a6c2032c11a5..f69f080d10d6c1470e2164d1c17ed80a9579b494 100644
--- a/git/git.go
+++ b/git/git.go
@@ -68,6 +68,25 @@ func Ref(ref string) (string, error) {
 	return output[0], nil
 }
 
+func RefList(a, b string) ([]string, error) {
+	ref := fmt.Sprintf("%s...%s", a, b)
+	output, err := execGitCmd("rev-list", "--cherry-pick", "--right-only", "--no-merges", ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("Can't load rev-list for %s" + ref)
+	}
+
+	return output, nil
+}
+
+func Show(sha string) (string, error) {
+	output, err := execGitCmd("show", "-s", "--format=%w(78,0,0)%s%+b", sha)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.New("Can't show commit for %s" + sha)
+	}
+
+	return output[0], nil
+}
+
 func Log(sha1, sha2 string) (string, error) {
 	execCmd := cmd.New("git")
 	execCmd.WithArg("log").WithArg("--no-color")
@@ -111,7 +130,10 @@ func execGitCmd(input ...string) (outputs []string, err error) {
 
 	out, err := cmd.ExecOutput()
 	for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
-		outputs = append(outputs, string(line))
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line != "" {
+			outputs = append(outputs, string(line))
+		}
 	}
 
 	return outputs, err
diff --git a/git/git_test.go b/git/git_test.go
index 5dbea54a4ed48ab5b9db8ce0bd07b186b4c9575a..fc169f0b169ad0eb82d5676a18c1d14891ea880a 100644
--- a/git/git_test.go
+++ b/git/git_test.go
@@ -35,12 +35,27 @@ func TestGitHead(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGitLog(t *testing.T) {
-	logs, _ := Log("master", "HEAD")
-	assert.T(t, len(logs) >= 0)
+	log, err := Log("e357a98a1a580b09d4f1d9bf613a6a51e131ef6e", "49e984e2fe86f68c386aeb133b390d39e4264ec1")
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, "", log)
 }
 
 func TestGitRef(t *testing.T) {
-	gitRef, err := Ref("master")
+	gitRef, err := Ref("1c1077c052d32a83aa13a8afaa4a9630d2f28ef6")
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "1c1077c052d32a83aa13a8afaa4a9630d2f28ef6", gitRef)
+}
+
+func TestGitRefList(t *testing.T) {
+	refList, err := RefList("e357a98a1a580b09d4f1d9bf613a6a51e131ef6e", "49e984e2fe86f68c386aeb133b390d39e4264ec1")
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(refList))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "49e984e2fe86f68c386aeb133b390d39e4264ec1", refList[0])
+}
+
+func TestGitShow(t *testing.T) {
+	output, err := Show("ce20e63ad00751bfed5d08072b11cf1b43af1995")
 	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
-	assert.NotEqual(t, "", gitRef)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Add Git.RefList", output)
 }