I wrote a few similar commit messages - mainly upon merges, but sometimes when commiting small, but important changes too. The result: I was ridiculed and laughed at... I even seem to remember that someone said I was "unfulfilled writer" (believe me, in my language that was much more unpleasant...).

I can't help but think that majority of programmers are just illiterate and they feel threatened when someone actually has the will (as you can probably see from this post my skill isn't all that great either) to write...