diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-hook-commit-msg.txt b/Documentation/cmd-hook-commit-msg.txt
index 39cb3a5..bd602c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmd-hook-commit-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-hook-commit-msg.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
   $ curl -o ~/duhproject/.git/hooks/commit-msg http://review.example.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
 ====
 
+Make sure the hook file is executable:
+
+====
+  $ chmod u+x ~/duhproject/.git/hooks/commit-msg
+====
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.java
index 6a364e0..eff3cd5 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.java
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
       SafeHtml commitBodyLinkified = new SafeHtmlBuilder().append(commitBody);
       commitBodyLinkified = commitBodyLinkified.linkify();
       commitBodyLinkified = CommentLinkProcessor.apply(commitBodyLinkified);
+      commitBodyLinkified = commitBodyLinkified.replaceAll("\n\n", "<p></p>");
+      commitBodyLinkified = commitBodyLinkified.replaceAll("\n", "<br />");
       commitBodyPre.setInnerHTML(commitBodyLinkified.asString());
     }
   }
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.ui.xml b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.ui.xml
index 16d1da5..ca81537 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.ui.xml
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/CommitMessageBlock.ui.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
       font-weight: bold;
     }
 
-    .commitBody {
-      margin-top: 10px;
+    .commitBody p {
+      padding-top: 0px;
     }
 
     .starPanel {