diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index dc1774aea46c84ae92bfb32cc3acc7291444444c..57a1701510e4547f04fe76d31088f32c620dc6e3 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			}
 
 			return await window.showInputBox({
+				value: opts && opts.defaultMsg,
 				placeHolder: localize('commit message', "Commit message"),
 				prompt: localize('provide commit message', "Please provide a commit message"),
 				ignoreFocusOut: true
@@ -1022,7 +1023,15 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 
 	@command('git.commitStagedAmend', { repository: true })
 	async commitStagedAmend(repository: Repository): Promise<void> {
-		await this.commitWithAnyInput(repository, { all: false, amend: true });
+		let msg;
+		if (repository.HEAD) {
+			if (repository.HEAD.commit) {
+				let id = repository.HEAD.commit;
+				let commit = await repository.getCommit(id);
+				msg = commit.message;
+			}
+		}
+		await this.commitWithAnyInput(repository, { all: false, amend: true, defaultMsg: msg });
 	}
 
 	@command('git.commitAll', { repository: true })
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 826b27bff8ae4d5d9c1a9d1386580aa2a0136ba6..93e8386e44015a23b31df6713c2e5a99a5de1850 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ export interface CommitOptions {
 	amend?: boolean;
 	signoff?: boolean;
 	signCommit?: boolean;
+	defaultMsg?: string;
 }
 
 export interface GitResourceGroup extends SourceControlResourceGroup {