diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 971bc2e..d122719 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
                 },
                 "gitlens.hovers.detailsMarkdownFormat": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "default": "[${avatar}  __${author}__](mailto:${email}), ${ago}   _(${date})_ ${message}\n\n${commands}",
+                    "default": "[${avatar}  __${author}__](mailto:${email}), ${ago}   _(${date})_ \n\n${message}\n\n${commands}",
                     "markdownDescription": "Specifies the format (in markdown) of the _commit details_ hover. See the [GitLens docs](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting) for advanced formatting\n- Available tokens\n - `${id}` — commit id\n - `${author}` — commit author\n - `${email}` — commit author e-mail\n - `${message}` — commit message\n - `${ago}` — relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)\n - `${date}` — formatted commit date (format specified by `#gitlens.defaultDateFormat#`)\n - `${agoOrDate}` — commit date specified by `#gitlens.defaultDateStyle#`\n - `${authorAgo}` — commit author, relative commit date\n - `${authorAgoOrDate}` — commit author, commit date specified by `#gitlens.defaultDateStyle#`\n - `${avatar}` — commit author avatar\n - `${commands}` — a set of commit commands",
                     "scope": "window"
                 },
diff --git a/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts b/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts
index f270582..c9d0bd3 100644
--- a/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class CommitFormatter extends Formatter<GitCommit, CommitFormatOptions> {
             }
         }
 
-        return `\n\n> ${message
+        return `\n> ${message
             // Escape markdown
             .replace(escapeMarkdownRegex, '\\$&')
             // Escape markdown header (since the above regex won't match it)