diff -r aa73d6a5d9ea -r 918b64c91e6c mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Fri Jan 01 22:16:25 2016 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Wed Mar 02 12:46:54 2016 -0600
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
     def files(self):
         return self._changeset[3]
     def description(self):
-        return encoding.tolocal(self._changeset[4])
+        return self._changeset[4]
     def branch(self):
         return encoding.tolocal(self._changeset[5].get("branch"))
     def closesbranch(self):