diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def show_changeset(ui, repo, rev=0, chan
         if ui.verbose:
             ui.status("description:\n")
             ui.status(description)
-            ui.status("\n\n")
+            ui.status("\n")
         else:
             ui.status("summary:     %s\n" % description.splitlines()[0])
     ui.status("\n")