diff --git a/git_cl.py b/git_cl.py
index 9a0c612a4..02f20b5bf 100755
--- a/git_cl.py
+++ b/git_cl.py
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@ class ChangeDescription(object):
       '# Enter a description of the change.\n'
       '# This will be displayed on the codereview site.\n'
       '# The first line will also be used as the subject of the review.\n'
+      '#----------------------This line is 76 characters long'
+      '----------------------\n'
     ) + self._description
 
     if '\nBUG=' not in self._description:
diff --git a/tests/git_cl_test.py b/tests/git_cl_test.py
index 52bcb6c96..fc7455cdf 100755
--- a/tests/git_cl_test.py
+++ b/tests/git_cl_test.py
@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ class TestGitCl(TestCase):
       self.assertEquals(
           '# Enter a description of the change.\n'
           '# This will be displayed on the codereview site.\n'
-          '# The first line will also be used as the subject of the review.\n' +
+          '# The first line will also be used as the subject of the review.\n'
+          '#----------------------This line is 76 characters long'
+          '----------------------\n' +
           expected_description,
           desc)
       return returned_description