diff --git a/admin/rfc.sh b/admin/rfc.sh
index 24f720d26..5efbd0d46 100755
--- a/admin/rfc.sh
+++ b/admin/rfc.sh
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function change_state()
     local state="$2"
 
     local nl=$'\n'
-    local comment="$state$nl//add reason$nl    $(date +%c) $(git config --get user.name) <$(git config --get user.email)>$nl"
+    local comment=".State -> $state$nl//add reason$nl    $(date +%c) $(git config --get user.name) <$(git config --get user.email)>$nl"
     edit_state "$name" "$state" "$comment"
     edit "$name" -4 "endof_comments"
     process "$name"