diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.html
index 0e640a7..8ad2c19 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.html
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
     </style>
     <template is="dom-repeat" items="[[_computeFilesFromComments(comments)]]" as="file">
       <div class="file">
-        <a href$="[[_computeFileDiffURL(file, changeNum, patchNum)]]">[[file]]</a>:
+        <a href$="[[_computeFileDiffURL(file, changeNum, patchNum)]]">
+          [[_computeFileDisplayName(file)]]
+        </a>:
       </div>
       <template is="dom-repeat"
                 items="[[_computeCommentsForFile(comments, file)]]" as="comment">
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.js
index f1fb0fd..98a2508 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 (function() {
   'use strict';
 
+  var COMMIT_MESSAGE_PATH = '/COMMIT_MSG';
+  var MERGE_LIST_PATH = '/MERGE_LIST';
+
   Polymer({
     is: 'gr-comment-list',
 
@@ -39,6 +42,15 @@
         '/' + patchNum + '/' + file;
     },
 
+    _computeFileDisplayName: function(path) {
+      if (path === COMMIT_MESSAGE_PATH) {
+        return 'Commit message';
+      } else if (path === MERGE_LIST_PATH) {
+        return 'Merge list';
+      }
+      return path;
+    },
+
     _isOnParent: function(comment) {
       return comment.side === 'PARENT';
     },
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list_test.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list_test.html
index 34f2951..e27bad0 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list_test.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change/gr-comment-list/gr-comment-list_test.html
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@
       assert.equal(actual, expected);
     });
 
+    test('_computeFileDisplayName', function() {
+      assert.equal(element._computeFileDisplayName('/COMMIT_MSG'),
+          'Commit message');
+      assert.equal(element._computeFileDisplayName('/MERGE_LIST'),
+          'Merge list');
+      assert.equal(element._computeFileDisplayName('/foo/bar/baz'),
+          '/foo/bar/baz');
+    });
+
     test('_computeDiffLineURL', function() {
       var comment = {line: 123, side: 'REVISION', patch_set: 10};
       var expected = '/c/<change>/<patch>/<file>#123';