diff --git a/ghi b/ghi
index a19a937..9c0c849 100755
--- a/ghi
+++ b/ghi
@@ -2225,9 +2225,9 @@ On <%= repo %>
 EOF
       message.rstrip!
       message.gsub!(/(?!\A)^.*$/) { |line|
-        unless line.empty?
-          "# #{line}".rstrip
-        end
+        # unless line.empty?
+        "# #{line}".rstrip
+        # end
       }
       message.insert 0, [
         issue['title'] || issue[:title], issue['body'] || issue[:body]
diff --git a/lib/ghi/formatting.rb b/lib/ghi/formatting.rb
index e8db084..3744f95 100644
--- a/lib/ghi/formatting.rb
+++ b/lib/ghi/formatting.rb
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ def format_editor issue = nil
 EOF
       message.rstrip!
       message.gsub!(/(?!\A)^.*$/) { |line|
-        unless line.empty?
-          "# #{line}".rstrip
-        end
+        # unless line.empty?
+        "# #{line}".rstrip
+        # end
       }
       message.insert 0, [
         issue['title'] || issue[:title], issue['body'] || issue[:body]