diff --git a/app/src/code_review/code_review_view.rs b/app/src/code_review/code_review_view.rs
index 70a035c9..93e4e193 100644
--- a/app/src/code_review/code_review_view.rs
+++ b/app/src/code_review/code_review_view.rs
@@ -6798,11 +6798,12 @@ impl CodeReviewView {
 
         match mode {
             PrimaryGitActionMode::Commit => {
-                let has_changes = self.has_uncommitted_changes(ctx);
+                let disabled = !self.has_uncommitted_changes(ctx);
                 self.git_primary_action_button.update(ctx, |button, ctx| {
                     button.set_label("Commit", ctx);
                     button.set_icon(Some(Icon::GitCommit), ctx);
-                    button.set_disabled(!has_changes, ctx);
+                    button.set_disabled(disabled, ctx);
+                    button.set_tooltip(disabled.then_some("No changes to commit"), ctx);
                     button.set_on_click(
                         |ctx| ctx.dispatch_typed_action(CodeReviewAction::OpenCommitDialog),
                         ctx,
@@ -6810,7 +6811,8 @@ impl CodeReviewView {
                     button.set_adjoined_side(AdjoinedSide::Right, ctx);
                 });
                 self.git_operations_chevron.update(ctx, |button, ctx| {
-                    button.set_disabled(!has_changes, ctx);
+                    button.set_disabled(disabled, ctx);
+                    button.set_tooltip(disabled.then_some("No git actions available"), ctx);
                 });
             }
             PrimaryGitActionMode::Push => {
@@ -6849,6 +6851,7 @@ impl CodeReviewView {
                     self.git_primary_action_button.update(ctx, |button, ctx| {
                         button.set_label(label, ctx);
                         button.set_icon(Some(Icon::Github), ctx);
+                        button.set_disabled(false, ctx);
                         button.set_on_click(
                             move |ctx| {
                                 ctx.dispatch_typed_action(CodeReviewAction::ViewPr(url.clone()))
diff --git a/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/commit.rs b/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/commit.rs
index b7592f53..7e0587b0 100644
--- a/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/commit.rs
+++ b/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/commit.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ pub(super) fn is_ready_to_confirm(state: &CommitState, app: &AppContext) -> bool
     !state.file_changes.is_empty() && commit_message(state, app).is_some()
 }
 
+/// Returns a tooltip to show on the disabled Confirm button when the
+/// user needs to take action, or `None` when no tooltip is needed.
+pub(super) fn confirm_tooltip(state: &CommitState, app: &AppContext) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    if !state.file_changes.is_empty() && commit_message(state, app).is_none() {
+        Some("Enter a commit message")
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 /// Kicks off an open-time AI commit-message generation. On success, writes
 /// the result into the message editor (unless the user has already typed
 /// something). On failure, silently swaps the placeholder to the manual
diff --git a/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/mod.rs b/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/mod.rs
index 5ebe1a91..fbf41506 100644
--- a/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/mod.rs
+++ b/app/src/code_review/git_dialog/mod.rs
@@ -644,13 +644,17 @@ impl GitDialog {
         if self.loading {
             return;
         }
-        let disabled = match &self.mode {
-            GitDialogMode::Commit(state) => !commit::is_ready_to_confirm(state, ctx),
-            GitDialogMode::Push(_) => false,
-            GitDialogMode::CreatePr(state) => !pr::is_ready_to_confirm(state),
+        let (disabled, tooltip) = match &self.mode {
+            GitDialogMode::Commit(state) => (
+                !commit::is_ready_to_confirm(state, ctx),
+                commit::confirm_tooltip(state, ctx),
+            ),
+            GitDialogMode::Push(_) => (false, None),
+            GitDialogMode::CreatePr(state) => (!pr::is_ready_to_confirm(state), None),
         };
         self.confirm_button.update(ctx, |b, ctx| {
             b.set_disabled(disabled, ctx);
+            b.set_tooltip(tooltip, ctx);
         });
     }