diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
index c8ddbed5097..e264e281309 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class Dispatcher
     switch page
       when 'projects:issues:index'
         Issues.init()
+      when 'projects:issues:new', 'projects:merge_requests:new'
+        GitLab.GfmAutoComplete.setup()
       when 'dashboard:show'
         new Dashboard()
         new Activities()
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss
index bdab306a57d..e7b464fd4aa 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 
 .merge-request-angle {
   text-align: center;
-  margin-top: 45px;
+  margin: 0;
 }
 
 .merge-request-form-info {
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_form.html.haml
index 5e94f1fdf18..ce72756303e 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_form.html.haml
@@ -5,41 +5,32 @@
         - @merge_request.errors.full_messages.each do |msg|
           %li= msg
 
-  %h3.page-title
-    Branches
   .merge-request-branches
-  .row
-    .span5
-      .ui-box
-        .title From
-        .ui-box-head
-          Project:
-          = f.select(:source_project_id,[[@merge_request.source_project.path_with_namespace,@merge_request.source_project.id]] , {}, {class: 'source_project chosen span4'})
-          .prepend-top-10
+    .row
+      .span5
+        .clearfix
+          .pull-left
+            = f.select(:source_project_id,[[@merge_request.source_project.path_with_namespace,@merge_request.source_project.id]] , {}, {class: 'source_project chosen span3'})
+          .pull-left
+             
             %i.icon-code-fork
-            Branch:
-            = f.select(:source_branch, @merge_request.source_project.repository.branch_names, { include_blank: "Select branch" }, {class: 'source_branch chosen span3'})
-          .mr_source_commit.prepend-top-10
-    .span2
-      %h1.merge-request-angle
-        %i.icon-angle-right
-    .span5
-      .ui-box
-        .title To
-        .ui-box-head
-          - projects =  @project.forked_from_project.nil? ? [@project] : [ @project,@project.forked_from_project]
-          Project:
-          = f.select(:target_project_id, projects.map { |proj| [proj.path_with_namespace,proj.id] }, {include_blank: "Select Target Project" }, {class: 'target_project chosen span4'})
-          .prepend-top-10
+            = f.select(:source_branch, @merge_request.source_project.repository.branch_names, { include_blank: "Select branch" }, {class: 'source_branch chosen span2'})
+        .mr_source_commit.prepend-top-10
+      .span2
+        %h2.merge-request-angle.light
+          %i.icon-long-arrow-right
+      .span5
+        .clearfix
+          .pull-left
+            - projects =  @project.forked_from_project.nil? ? [@project] : [ @project,@project.forked_from_project]
+            = f.select(:target_project_id, projects.map { |proj| [proj.path_with_namespace,proj.id] }, {include_blank: "Select Target Project" }, {class: 'target_project chosen span3'})
+          .pull-left
+             
             %i.icon-code-fork
-            Branch:
-            = f.select(:target_branch, @target_branches, { include_blank: "Select branch" }, {class: 'target_branch chosen span3'})
-          .mr_target_commit.prepend-top-10
+            = f.select(:target_branch, @target_branches, { include_blank: "Select branch" }, {class: 'target_branch chosen span2'})
+        .mr_target_commit.prepend-top-10
 
   %hr
-
-  %h3.page-title
-    Details
   .merge-request-form-info
     .control-group
       = f.label :title do
@@ -56,6 +47,12 @@
           %i.icon-time
           Milestone
         .controls= f.select(:milestone_id, @project.milestones.active.all.map {|p| [ p.title, p.id ] }, { include_blank: "Select milestone" }, {class: 'chosen'})
+    .control-group
+      = f.label :description, "Description"
+      .controls
+        = f.text_area :description, class: "input-xxlarge js-gfm-input", rows: 14
+        %p.hint Description is parsed with #{link_to "GitLab Flavored Markdown", help_markdown_path, target: '_blank'}.
+
 
   .form-actions
     - if @merge_request.new_record?
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_mr_box.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_mr_box.html.haml
index c4b614b51da..1f750e22c65 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_mr_box.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_mr_box.html.haml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
         %strong= link_to_gfm truncate(milestone.title, length: 20), project_milestone_path(milestone.project, milestone)
 
 
+  - if @merge_request.description.present?
+    .ui-box-bottom
+      .wiki
+        = preserve do
+          = markdown @merge_request.description
+
   - if @merge_request.closed?
     .ui-box-bottom.alert-error
       %span