diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
index 93566be88d..a392993b38 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 
   .commit-row-message {
     color: $gl-dark-link-color;
-
-    &:hover {
-      text-decoration: underline;
-    }
   }
 
   .text-expander {
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index 66df5fe5e2..757f4e7e8e 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     .commit-row-title
       %span.item-title
         = link_to_gfm commit.title, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit.id), class: "commit-row-message"
+        %span.commit-row-message.visible-xs-inline
+          ·
+          = commit.short_id
         - if commit.status
           = render_commit_status(commit, cssclass: 'visible-xs-inline')
         - if commit.description?