diff --git a/static/default.css b/static/default.css
index 05941b4..d193908 100644
--- a/static/default.css
+++ b/static/default.css
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ textarea {font-size:16px; font-family: 'PT Sans', 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif;
 .edit { min-height: 80vh; }
 .edit__title { margin-top: 0; }
 .edit__preview { border: 2px dashed #ddd; }
-.edit-form {height:70vh;}
-.edit-form textarea {width:100%;height:calc(100% - 6rem);}
+.edit-form { height: calc(100vh - 12rem); }
+.edit-form__textarea {width:100%;height:calc(100% - 8rem);}
+.edit-form label { font-style: italic; }
+.edit-form__message { width: 100%; margin: 0.25em 0; }
 .edit-form__save { font-weight: bold; }
 .edit-toolbar__buttons, .edit-toolbar__ad { margin: .5rem; }
 
diff --git a/views/mutators.qtpl b/views/mutators.qtpl
index 81807e4..1281b04 100644
--- a/views/mutators.qtpl
+++ b/views/mutators.qtpl
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
 			action="/upload-text/{%s hyphaName %}">
 		<textarea name="text" class="edit-form__textarea" autofocus>{%s textAreaFill %}</textarea>
 		<br/><br/>
-		<label for="text">Edit description:</label>
-		<input id="text" type="text" name="message" class="edit-form__message">
+		<label for="text">Describe your changes:</label><br>
+		<input id="text" type="text" name="message" class="edit-form__message" placeholder="(optional)">
 		<br/><br/>
 		<input type="submit" name="action" value="Save" class="edit-form__save"/>
 		<input type="submit" name="action" value="Preview" class="edit-form__preview">
diff --git a/views/mutators.qtpl.go b/views/mutators.qtpl.go
index f0d0363..b06ed53 100644
--- a/views/mutators.qtpl.go
+++ b/views/mutators.qtpl.go
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ func StreamEditHTML(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, rq *http.Request, hyphaName, text
 //line views/mutators.qtpl:79
 	qw422016.N().S(`</textarea>
 		<br/><br/>
-		<label for="text">Edit description:</label>
-		<input id="text" type="text" name="message" class="edit-form__message">
+		<label for="text">Describe your changes:</label><br>
+		<input id="text" type="text" name="message" class="edit-form__message" placeholder="(optional)">
 		<br/><br/>
 		<input type="submit" name="action" value="Save" class="edit-form__save"/>
 		<input type="submit" name="action" value="Preview" class="edit-form__preview">
 		<a href="/hypha/`)
-//line views/mutators.qtpl:83
+//line views/mutators.qtpl:86
 	qw422016.E().S(hyphaName)
 //line views/mutators.qtpl:86
 	qw422016.N().S(`" class="edit-form__cancel">Cancel</a>
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func StreamPreviewHTML(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, rq *http.Request, hyphaName, t
 		<input type="submit" name="action" value="Save" class="edit-form__save"/>
 		<input type="submit" name="action" value="Preview" class="edit-form__preview">
 		<a href="/hypha/`)
-//line views/mutators.qtpl:103
+//line views/mutators.qtpl:109
 	qw422016.E().S(hyphaName)
 //line views/mutators.qtpl:109
 	qw422016.N().S(`" class="edit-form__cancel">Cancel</a>