diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5999aca..2d73923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: List changes
-      run: git log --oneline --no-merges --format="%s" $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD > changes.md
+      run: ./scripts/get-release-message.sh
     - name: Create release and tag
       uses: actions/create-release@v1
       env:
diff --git a/scripts/get-release-message.sh b/scripts/get-release-message.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..78f403f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get-release-message.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+TAG="$1"
+if test "x$TAG" = x; then
+  TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+fi
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+echo "This release contains the following changes since $TAG:"
+git log --oneline --no-merges --format="%s" "$TAG..HEAD"|sed -re 's/^/ * /g'