diff --git a/init b/init
index 00ac6be..32958f5 100755
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ EOF
 if test -e .git; then error 2 "Already a git repo (.git exist)"; fi
 git init .
 git add . .gitignore
-git commit --message="First commit"
+git commit --message="Initial commit: just init the (empty) repo"
 
 echo "done."