diff --git a/plugins/gitlab/intellij.vcs.gitlab.iml b/plugins/gitlab/intellij.vcs.gitlab.iml
index c7dd9b16010e..d75262559102 100644
--- a/plugins/gitlab/intellij.vcs.gitlab.iml
+++ b/plugins/gitlab/intellij.vcs.gitlab.iml
@@ -57,5 +57,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.vcs.git" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.vcs.log.impl" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.vcs.impl" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="jetbrains.markdown" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.markdown.utils" />
   </component>
 </module>
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diff --git a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/timeline/GitLabMergeRequestTimelineComponentFactory.kt b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/timeline/GitLabMergeRequestTimelineComponentFactory.kt
index 61a1e70722ac..41ee0f5ac305 100644
--- a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/timeline/GitLabMergeRequestTimelineComponentFactory.kt
+++ b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/mergerequest/ui/timeline/GitLabMergeRequestTimelineComponentFactory.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.intellij.collaboration.ui.codereview.CodeReviewChatItemUIUtil
 import com.intellij.collaboration.ui.codereview.timeline.StatusMessageComponentFactory
 import com.intellij.collaboration.ui.codereview.timeline.StatusMessageType
 import com.intellij.collaboration.ui.icon.IconsProvider
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.thisLogger
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.HtmlBuilder
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.HtmlChunk
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.api.dto.*
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.mergerequest.data.GitLabMergeRequestTimelineItem
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.mergerequest.ui.timeline.GitLabMergeRequestTimelineViewModel.LoadingState
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.ui.GitLabUIUtil
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.util.GitLabBundle
 import java.util.*
 import javax.swing.JComponent
@@ -95,11 +97,27 @@ object GitLabMergeRequestTimelineComponentFactory {
 
   private fun createDiscussionContent(item: GitLabMergeRequestTimelineItem.Discussion): JComponent {
     val firstNote = item.discussion.notes.first()
-    return if (firstNote.system) {
-      StatusMessageComponentFactory.create(SimpleHtmlPane(firstNote.body))
+
+    if (firstNote.system) {
+      val body = firstNote.body
+      if (body.contains("Compare with previous version")) {
+        try {
+          val lines = body.lines()
+          val title = lines[0]
+          val commits = lines[2]
+          return VerticalListPanel().apply {
+            add(SimpleHtmlPane(title))
+            add(StatusMessageComponentFactory.create(SimpleHtmlPane(commits)))
+          }
+        }
+        catch (e: Exception) {
+          thisLogger().warn("Error occurred while parsing the note with added commits", e)
+        }
+      }
+      return StatusMessageComponentFactory.create(SimpleHtmlPane(GitLabUIUtil.convertToHtml(body)))
     }
     else {
-      SimpleHtmlPane(firstNote.body)
+      return SimpleHtmlPane(GitLabUIUtil.convertToHtml(firstNote.body))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/ui/GitLabUIUtil.kt b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/ui/GitLabUIUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b37a1412d936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/gitlab/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gitlab/ui/GitLabUIUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package org.jetbrains.plugins.gitlab.ui
+
+import com.intellij.markdown.utils.MarkdownToHtmlConverter
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.NlsSafe
+import org.intellij.markdown.flavours.gfm.GFMFlavourDescriptor
+
+object GitLabUIUtil {
+
+  private val mdConverter = MarkdownToHtmlConverter(GFMFlavourDescriptor())
+
+  internal fun convertToHtml(markdownSource: String): @NlsSafe String {
+    return mdConverter.convertMarkdownToHtml(markdownSource)
+  }
+}
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