diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index c9c7e5c..3983811 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -1231,4 +1231,4 @@ Li Jin                              gentoo-env-d, gentoo-init-d,
                                     gentoo-make-conf, grub, modconf, sudoers
 SpookeyPeanut                       rib
 Greg Jandl                          pyrex/cython
-Christophe Benz                     services
+Christophe Benz                     services, gitcommit
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index ea5667c..d94e363 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ function s:SetUpForNewFiletype(filetype, forceReset)
         call s:MapDelimiters('#', '')
     elseif a:filetype == 'gitAnnotate'
         call s:MapDelimiters('', '')
+    elseif a:filetype == 'gitcommit'
+        call s:MapDelimiters('', '')
     elseif a:filetype == 'gitdiff'
         call s:MapDelimiters('', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "gnuplot"