diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index 9ca3e4d7e97018bcf76c31e8439a27a2d5e0c5aa..649e9b4e852e480bf47fbe170e393e2062bfee8d 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
       )
     end
 
-    def create_new_commits_note(merge_request, project, author, new_commits, existing_commits = [])
+    def create_new_commits_note(merge_request, project, author, new_commits, existing_commits = [], oldrev = nil)
       total_count = new_commits.length + existing_commits.length
       commits_text = ActionController::Base.helpers.pluralize(total_count, 'commit')
       body = "Added #{commits_text}:\n\n"
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
           if existing_commits.length == 1
             existing_commits.first.short_id
           else
-            "#{existing_commits.first.short_id}..#{existing_commits.last.short_id}"
+            if oldrev
+              "#{Commit.truncate_sha(oldrev)}...#{existing_commits.last.short_id}"
+            else
+              "#{existing_commits.first.short_id}..#{existing_commits.last.short_id}"
+            end
           end
 
         commits_text = ActionController::Base.helpers.pluralize(existing_commits.length, 'commit')
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb
index cab8a1e880e9ff4dbdbefd93ce1562049a76b09e..7eef2c2d6a5834f36bb33278c58315831bf37a64 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ module MergeRequests
         end
 
         Note.create_new_commits_note(merge_request, merge_request.project,
-                                     @current_user, new_commits, existing_commits)
+                                     @current_user, new_commits, existing_commits, @oldrev)
       end
     end