diff --git a/lib/items/commit-preview-item.js b/lib/items/commit-preview-item.js
index 0f83c4255a..367ffde0f2 100644
--- a/lib/items/commit-preview-item.js
+++ b/lib/items/commit-preview-item.js
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ export default class CommitPreviewItem extends React.Component {
   }
 
   getTitle() {
-    return 'Commit preview';
+    return 'Staged Changes';
   }
 
   getIconName() {
-    return 'git-commit';
+    return 'tasklist';
   }
 
   getWorkingDirectory() {
diff --git a/styles/commit-view.less b/styles/commit-view.less
index 5151292b49..936f53e0bd 100644
--- a/styles/commit-view.less
+++ b/styles/commit-view.less
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 .github-CommitView {
   padding: @component-padding;
-  border-top: 1px solid @base-border-color;
   flex: 0 0 auto;
 
   &-editor {
@@ -82,7 +81,10 @@
   &-buttonWrapper {
     align-items: center;
     display: flex;
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    margin: 0 -@component-padding @component-padding -@component-padding;
+    padding: @component-padding;
+    padding-top: 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid @base-border-color;
   }
 
   &-coAuthorEditor {
diff --git a/test/controllers/root-controller.test.js b/test/controllers/root-controller.test.js
index e3bf7c6530..ad00178c20 100644
--- a/test/controllers/root-controller.test.js
+++ b/test/controllers/root-controller.test.js
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ describe('RootController', function() {
       const uri = CommitPreviewItem.buildURI(workdir);
       const item = await atomEnv.workspace.open(uri);
 
-      assert.strictEqual(item.getTitle(), 'Commit preview');
+      assert.strictEqual(item.getTitle(), 'Staged Changes');
       assert.lengthOf(wrapper.update().find('CommitPreviewItem'), 1);
     });
 
diff --git a/test/items/commit-preview-item.test.js b/test/items/commit-preview-item.test.js
index f7a12d8bb1..0d66fe4140 100644
--- a/test/items/commit-preview-item.test.js
+++ b/test/items/commit-preview-item.test.js
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ describe('CommitPreviewItem', function() {
     const wrapper = mount(buildPaneApp());
     const item = await open(wrapper);
 
-    assert.strictEqual(item.getTitle(), 'Commit preview');
-    assert.strictEqual(item.getIconName(), 'git-commit');
+    assert.strictEqual(item.getTitle(), 'Staged Changes');
+    assert.strictEqual(item.getIconName(), 'tasklist');
   });
 
   it('terminates pending state', async function() {