--- a/mercurial/changelog.py	Fri Jan 01 22:16:25 2016 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/changelog.py	Wed Mar 02 12:46:54 2016 -0600
@@ -334,20 +334,12 @@
         (.*)            : comment (free text, ideally utf-8)
 
         changelog v0 doesn't use extra
-
-        Returns a 6-tuple consisting of the following:
-          - manifest node (binary)
-          - user (binary)
-          - (time, timezone) 2-tuple of a float and int offset
-          - list of files modified by the cset
-          - commit message / description (binary)
-          - dict of extra entries
         """
         text = self.revision(node)
         if not text:
             return nullid, "", (0, 0), [], "", _defaultextra
         last = text.index("\n\n")
-        desc = text[last + 2:]
+        desc = encoding.tolocal(text[last + 2:])
         l = text[:last].split('\n')
         manifest = bin(l[0])
         user = l[1]