diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue
index 394f1e7995abe477ca2b7af01152e477a773ce05..c13bde6b41a16b8e9a427382ebdc01f20511f952 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/delete_blob_modal.vue
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ export default {
     COMMIT_LABEL,
     TARGET_BRANCH_LABEL,
     TOGGLE_CREATE_MR_LABEL,
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE_HINT: __(
+      'Try to keep the first line under 52 characters and the others under 72.',
+    ),
   },
   directives: {
     validation: validation(),
@@ -118,6 +121,26 @@ export default {
     formCompleted() {
       return this.form.fields['commit_message'].value && this.form.fields['branch_name'].value;
     },
+    showHint() {
+      const commitMessageSubjectMaxLength = 52;
+      const commitMessageBodyMaxLength = 72;
+
+      const splitCommitMessageByLineBreak = this.form.fields['commit_message'].value
+        .trim()
+        .split('\n');
+      const [firstLine, ...otherLines] = splitCommitMessageByLineBreak;
+
+      const hasFirstLineExceedMaxLength = firstLine.length > commitMessageSubjectMaxLength;
+
+      const hasOtherLineExceedMaxLength =
+        Boolean(otherLines.length) &&
+        otherLines.some((text) => text.length > commitMessageBodyMaxLength);
+
+      return (
+        !this.form.fields['commit_message'].feedback &&
+        (hasFirstLineExceedMaxLength || hasOtherLineExceedMaxLength)
+      );
+    },
     /* eslint-enable dot-notation */
   },
   methods: {
@@ -173,6 +196,9 @@ export default {
             :disabled="loading"
             required
           />
+          <p v-if="showHint" class="form-text gl-text-gray-600" data-testid="hint">
+            {{ $options.i18n.COMMIT_MESSAGE_HINT }}
+          </p>
         </gl-form-group>
         <gl-form-group
           v-if="canPushCode"
diff --git a/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js b/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js
index 8927eb8bd2451b7ae0971f23c0b8c30eeebb7580..2c62868f3916f2aff85fcd825cc1e8fef8626fdb 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/repository/components/delete_blob_modal_spec.js
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ describe('DeleteBlobModal', () => {
   const findForm = () => findModal().findComponent(GlForm);
   const findCommitTextarea = () => findForm().findComponent(GlFormTextarea);
   const findTargetInput = () => findForm().findComponent(GlFormInput);
+  const findCommitHint = () => wrapper.find('[data-testid="hint"]');
+
+  const fillForm = async (inputValue = {}) => {
+    const { targetText, commitText } = inputValue;
+
+    await findTargetInput().vm.$emit('input', targetText);
+    await findCommitTextarea().vm.$emit('input', commitText);
+  };
 
   afterEach(() => {
     wrapper.destroy();
@@ -126,6 +134,36 @@ describe('DeleteBlobModal', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  describe('hint', () => {
+    const targetText = 'some target branch';
+    const hintText = 'Try to keep the first line under 52 characters and the others under 72.';
+    const charsGenerator = (length) => 'lorem'.repeat(length);
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      createFullComponent();
+      await nextTick();
+    });
+
+    it.each`
+      commitText                        | exist    | desc
+      ${charsGenerator(53)}             | ${true}  | ${'first line length > 52'}
+      ${`lorem\n${charsGenerator(73)}`} | ${true}  | ${'other line length > 72'}
+      ${charsGenerator(52)}             | ${true}  | ${'other line length = 52'}
+      ${`lorem\n${charsGenerator(72)}`} | ${true}  | ${'other line length = 72'}
+      ${`lorem`}                        | ${false} | ${'first line length < 53'}
+      ${`lorem\nlorem`}                 | ${false} | ${'other line length < 53'}
+    `('displays hint $exist for $desc', async ({ commitText, exist }) => {
+      await fillForm({ targetText, commitText });
+
+      if (!exist) {
+        expect(findCommitHint().exists()).toBe(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      expect(findCommitHint().text()).toBe(hintText);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('form submission', () => {
     let submitSpy;
 
@@ -139,13 +177,6 @@ describe('DeleteBlobModal', () => {
       submitSpy.mockRestore();
     });
 
-    const fillForm = async (inputValue = {}) => {
-      const { targetText, commitText } = inputValue;
-
-      await findTargetInput().vm.$emit('input', targetText);
-      await findCommitTextarea().vm.$emit('input', commitText);
-    };
-
     describe('invalid form', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
         await fillForm({ targetText: '', commitText: '' });