diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index de0d541f1c79b70a8d17db319cac52bf6b7d13dc..a156ef672df918dde431d91ee041b08d09b340df 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     if !include_description && closes_issues_references.present?
       message << "Closes #{closes_issues_references.to_sentence}"
     end
-    
     message << "#{description}" if include_description && description.present?
     message << "See merge request #{to_reference(full: true)}"
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/36262_merge_request_reference_in_merge_commit_global.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/36262_merge_request_reference_in_merge_commit_global.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..356857d6e8a8cbd2ade60965fe01c8e66869e08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/36262_merge_request_reference_in_merge_commit_global.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Merge request reference in merge commit changed to full reference
+merge_request: 13518
+author: haseebeqx
+type: fixed