diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f65770c..68d91b6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Enhancements
 
+* Update Staticman commit message to include commentor's name.
 * Improve side navigation spacing in relation to masthead.
 * Style archive links with appropriate link color.
 * Adjust feature row spacing and font-sizes.
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 4bfe5574..1f11636b 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ comments:
 staticman:
   allowedFields          : # ['name', 'email', 'url', 'message']
   branch                 : # "master"
-  commitMessage          : # "New comment."
+  commitMessage          : # "New comment by {fields.name}"
   filename               : # comment-{@timestamp}
   format                 : # "yml"
   moderation             : # true
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 6a437711..6a4ce301 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ comments:
 staticman:
   allowedFields          : # ['name', 'email', 'url', 'message']
   branch                 : "master"
-  commitMessage          : # "New comment"
+  commitMessage          : # "New comment by {fields.name}"
   filename               : # comment-{@timestamp}
   format                 : # "yml"
   moderation             : # true
diff --git a/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md b/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md
index 63843e18..fbe125d8 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/05-configuration.md
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Default settings have been provided in [`staticman.yml`](https://github.com/mmis
 comments:
   allowedFields      : ["name", "email", "url", "message"]
   branch             : "master"
-  commitMessage      : "New comment"
+  commitMessage      : "New comment by {fields.name}"
   filename           : "comment-{@timestamp}"
   format             : "yaml"
   generatedFields:
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ comments:
 staticman:
   allowedFields          : ['name', 'email', 'url', 'message']
   branch                 : "master"
-  commitMessage          : "New comment."
+  commitMessage          : "New comment by {fields.name}"
   filename               : comment-{@timestamp}
   format                 : "yml"
   moderation             : true
diff --git a/docs/_docs/18-history.md b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
index 3e402da7..d7252f9f 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/18-history.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ permalink: /docs/history/
 excerpt: "Change log of enhancements and bug fixes made to the theme."
 sidebar:
   nav: docs
-last_modified_at: 2018-08-09T15:46:33-04:00
+last_modified_at: 2018-08-10T08:03:53-04:00
 toc: true
 ---
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ toc: true
 
 ### Enhancements
 
+* Update Staticman commit message to include commentor's name.
 * Improve side navigation spacing in relation to masthead.
 * Style archive links with appropriate link color.
 * Adjust feature row spacing and font-sizes.
diff --git a/staticman.yml b/staticman.yml
index ef88f093..a4f161b7 100644
--- a/staticman.yml
+++ b/staticman.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ comments:
   # request.
   branch: "master"
 
-  commitMessage: "New comment"
+  commitMessage: "New comment by {fields.name}"
 
   # (*) REQUIRED
   #
diff --git a/test/_config.yml b/test/_config.yml
index 66b902ea..e12304e4 100644
--- a/test/_config.yml
+++ b/test/_config.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ comments:
 staticman:
   allowedFields          : ['name', 'email', 'url', 'message']
   branch                 : # "master", "gh-pages"
-  commitMessage          : "New comment."
+  commitMessage          : "New comment by {fields.name}"
   filename               : comment-{@timestamp}
   format                 : "yml"
   moderation             : true