diff --git a/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/cliff.toml b/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/cliff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..374c30aac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/cliff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[changelog]
+# template for the changelog footer
+header = """
+# Changelog\n
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+{% if version %}\
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+    {% if message %}
+        {{ message }}\
+    {% endif %}\
+{% else %}\
+    ## [unreleased]
+{% endif %}\
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {{ commit.message | upper_first }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the templates
+trim = true
+
+[git]
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+    { message = "^feat", group = "Features", default_scope = "app" },
+    { message = "^fix", group = "Bug Fixes", scope = "cli" },
+]
diff --git a/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/commit.sh b/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f2ec2b9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2022-04-06 01:25:08" git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial commit"
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2022-04-06 01:25:09" git commit --allow-empty -m "feat: add feature 1"
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2022-04-06 01:25:10" git commit --allow-empty -m "fix: fix feature 1"
+git tag v0.1.0 -m "Some text"
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2022-04-06 01:25:11" git commit --allow-empty -m "feat(gui): add feature 2"
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2022-04-06 01:25:12" git commit --allow-empty -m "fix(gui): fix feature 2"
+git tag v0.2.0
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2022-04-06 01:25:13" git commit --allow-empty -m "test: add tests"
diff --git a/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/expected.md b/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/expected.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afcaca4dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/fixtures/test-tag-message/expected.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+## [unreleased]
+
+### Test
+
+- Add tests
+
+## [0.2.0] - 2022-04-06
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix feature 2
+
+### Features
+
+- Add feature 2
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2022-04-06
+
+Some text
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix feature 1
+
+### Features
+
+- Add feature 1
+
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-fixtures.yml b/.github/workflows/test-fixtures.yml
index 0afbefd0d9..03d88183bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-fixtures.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-fixtures.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
             command: --bump --tag=2.1.1
           - fixtures-name: test-cli-arg-ignore-tags
             command: --ignore-tags ".*beta"
+          - fixtures-name: test-tag-message
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/config/cliff.toml b/config/cliff.toml
index ba12c0b7a8..a6729c2b03 100644
--- a/config/cliff.toml
+++ b/config/cliff.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
 body = """
 {% if version %}\
     ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+    {% if message %}
+        {{ message }}
+    {% endif %}\
 {% else %}\
     ## [unreleased]
 {% endif %}\
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/changelog.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/changelog.rs
index 870f633c63..5680d49f76 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/src/changelog.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/changelog.rs
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ mod test {
 		};
 		let test_release = Release {
 			version: Some(String::from("v1.0.0")),
+			message: None,
 			commits: vec![
 				Commit::new(
 					String::from("coffee"),
@@ -909,6 +910,7 @@ mod test {
 			},
 			Release {
 				version: None,
+				message: None,
 				commits: vec![
 					Commit::new(
 						String::from("abc123"),
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/lib.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/lib.rs
index 6f78c91ea4..812e0e777d 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pub mod remote;
 /// Git repository.
 #[cfg(feature = "repo")]
 pub mod repo;
+/// Git tag.
+pub mod tag;
 /// Template engine.
 pub mod template;
 
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/release.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/release.rs
index 4d3f9308f1..3449f2eac4 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/src/release.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/release.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use serde::{
 pub struct Release<'a> {
 	/// Release version, git tag.
 	pub version:   Option<String>,
+	/// git tag's message.
+	pub message:   Option<String>,
 	/// Commits made for the release.
 	pub commits:   Vec<Commit<'a>>,
 	/// Commit ID of the tag.
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ mod test {
 		fn build_release<'a>(version: &str, commits: &'a [&str]) -> Release<'a> {
 			Release {
 				version: None,
+				message: None,
 				commits: commits
 					.iter()
 					.map(|v| Commit::from(v.to_string()))
@@ -340,6 +343,7 @@ mod test {
 
 		let mut release = Release {
 			version: None,
+			message: None,
 			commits: vec![
 				Commit::from(String::from(
 					"1d244937ee6ceb8e0314a4a201ba93a7a61f2071 add github \
@@ -625,6 +629,7 @@ mod test {
 
 		let mut release = Release {
 			version: None,
+			message: None,
 			commits: vec![
 				Commit::from(String::from(
 					"1d244937ee6ceb8e0314a4a201ba93a7a61f2071 add github \
@@ -968,6 +973,7 @@ mod test {
 
 		let mut release = Release {
 			version: None,
+			message: None,
 			commits: vec![
 				Commit::from(String::from(
 					"1d244937ee6ceb8e0314a4a201ba93a7a61f2071 add github \
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/repo.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/repo.rs
index 8723a640e7..1a9da2f595 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/src/repo.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/repo.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::error::{
 	Error,
 	Result,
 };
+use crate::tag::Tag;
 use git2::{
 	BranchType,
 	Commit,
@@ -95,11 +96,47 @@ impl Repository {
 	/// Returns the current tag.
 	///
 	/// It is the same as running `git describe --tags`
-	pub fn current_tag(&self) -> Option<String> {
+	pub fn current_tag(&self) -> Option<Tag> {
 		self.inner
 			.describe(DescribeOptions::new().describe_tags())
 			.ok()
-			.and_then(|describe| describe.format(None).ok())
+			.and_then(|describe| {
+				describe
+					.format(None)
+					.ok()
+					.map(|name| self.resolve_tag(&name))
+			})
+	}
+
+	/// Returns the tag object of the given name.
+	/// if given name don't exists, still returns Tag object with the given name
+	pub fn resolve_tag(&self, name: &str) -> Tag {
+		match self.inner.resolve_reference_from_short_name(name) {
+			Ok(reference) => match reference.peel_to_tag() {
+				Ok(tag) => Tag {
+					name:    tag.name().unwrap_or_default().to_owned(),
+					message: tag.message().map(Self::cleanup_message),
+				},
+				_ => Tag {
+					name:    name.to_owned(),
+					message: None,
+				},
+			},
+			_ => Tag {
+				name:    name.to_owned(),
+				message: None,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// used to remove signature from signed tag message
+	fn cleanup_message(message: &str) -> String {
+		let re = Regex::new(
+			r"(?s)-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----(.*?)-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----",
+		)
+		.expect("invalid regex, wtf");
+
+		re.replace(message, "").trim().to_string()
 	}
 
 	/// Returns the commit object of the given ID.
@@ -119,8 +156,8 @@ impl Repository {
 		&self,
 		pattern: &Option<Regex>,
 		topo_order: bool,
-	) -> Result<IndexMap<String, String>> {
-		let mut tags: Vec<(Commit, String)> = Vec::new();
+	) -> Result<IndexMap<String, Tag>> {
+		let mut tags: Vec<(Commit, Tag)> = Vec::new();
 		let tag_names = self.inner.tag_names(None)?;
 		for name in tag_names
 			.iter()
@@ -132,14 +169,21 @@ impl Repository {
 		{
 			let obj = self.inner.revparse_single(&name)?;
 			if let Ok(commit) = obj.clone().into_commit() {
-				tags.push((commit, name));
+				// lightweight commit?
+				tags.push((commit, Tag {
+					name,
+					message: None,
+				}));
 			} else if let Some(tag) = obj.as_tag() {
 				if let Some(commit) = tag
 					.target()
 					.ok()
 					.and_then(|target| target.into_commit().ok())
 				{
-					tags.push((commit, name));
+					tags.push((commit, Tag {
+						name:    tag.name().expect("tag don't have name").to_owned(),
+						message: tag.message().map(|msg| msg.to_owned()),
+					}));
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -261,7 +305,7 @@ mod test {
 	fn get_latest_tag() -> Result<()> {
 		let repository = get_repository()?;
 		let tags = repository.tags(&None, false)?;
-		assert_eq!(&get_last_tag()?, tags.last().expect("no tags found").1);
+		assert_eq!(get_last_tag()?, tags.last().expect("no tags found").1.name);
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
@@ -270,16 +314,20 @@ mod test {
 		let repository = get_repository()?;
 		let tags = repository.tags(&None, true)?;
 		assert_eq!(
-			tags.get("2b8b4d3535f29231e05c3572e919634b9af907b6").expect(
-				"the commit hash does not exist in the repository (tag v0.1.0)"
-			),
+			tags.get("2b8b4d3535f29231e05c3572e919634b9af907b6")
+				.expect(
+					"the commit hash does not exist in the repository (tag v0.1.0)"
+				)
+				.name,
 			"v0.1.0"
 		);
 		assert_eq!(
-			tags.get("4ddef08debfff48117586296e49d5caa0800d1b5").expect(
-				"the commit hash does not exist in the repository (tag \
-				 v0.1.0-beta.4)"
-			),
+			tags.get("4ddef08debfff48117586296e49d5caa0800d1b5")
+				.expect(
+					"the commit hash does not exist in the repository (tag \
+					 v0.1.0-beta.4)"
+				)
+				.name,
 			"v0.1.0-beta.4"
 		);
 		let tags = repository.tags(
@@ -290,9 +338,11 @@ mod test {
 			true,
 		)?;
 		assert_eq!(
-			tags.get("2b8b4d3535f29231e05c3572e919634b9af907b6").expect(
-				"the commit hash does not exist in the repository (tag v0.1.0)"
-			),
+			tags.get("2b8b4d3535f29231e05c3572e919634b9af907b6")
+				.expect(
+					"the commit hash does not exist in the repository (tag v0.1.0)"
+				)
+				.name,
 			"v0.1.0"
 		);
 		assert!(!tags.contains_key("4ddef08debfff48117586296e49d5caa0800d1b5"));
@@ -313,4 +363,35 @@ mod test {
 		);
 		Ok(())
 	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn resolves_existing_tag_with_name_and_message() -> Result<()> {
+		let repository = get_repository()?;
+
+		let tag = repository.resolve_tag("v0.2.3");
+
+		assert_eq!(tag.name, "v0.2.3");
+		assert_eq!(
+			tag.message,
+			Some(
+				"Release v0.2.3\n\nBug Fixes\n- Fetch the dependencies before \
+				 copying the file to embed (9e29c95)"
+					.to_string()
+			)
+		);
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn resolves_tag_when_no_tags_exist() -> Result<()> {
+		let repository = get_repository()?;
+
+		let tag = repository.resolve_tag("nonexistent-tag");
+
+		assert_eq!(tag.name, "nonexistent-tag");
+		assert_eq!(tag.message, None);
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
 }
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/tag.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/tag.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..401a5d3d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/tag.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/// Common tag object that is parsed from a repository.
+/// lightweight tag will have None at message.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Tag {
+	/// The name of the tag
+	pub name:    String,
+	/// the message of the tag. only if it was annotated
+	pub message: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+	use super::*;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn create_tag_with_name_and_message() {
+		let tag = Tag {
+			name:    String::from("v1.0"),
+			message: Some(String::from("Initial release")),
+		};
+		assert_eq!(tag.name, "v1.0");
+		assert_eq!(tag.message, Some(String::from("Initial release")));
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn create_tag_with_name_and_no_message() {
+		let tag = Tag {
+			name:    String::from("v1.0"),
+			message: None,
+		};
+		assert_eq!(tag.name, "v1.0");
+		assert_eq!(tag.message, None);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn debug_print_tag_with_message() {
+		let tag = Tag {
+			name:    String::from("v1.0"),
+			message: Some(String::from("Initial release")),
+		};
+		assert_eq!(
+			format!("{:?}", tag),
+			"Tag { name: \"v1.0\", message: Some(\"Initial release\") }"
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/src/template.rs b/git-cliff-core/src/template.rs
index d5dbf93012..3fe0e8a3a9 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/src/template.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/src/template.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ mod test {
 	fn get_fake_release_data() -> Release<'static> {
 		Release {
 			version: Some(String::from("1.0")),
+			message: None,
 			commits: vec![
 				Commit::new(
 					String::from("123123"),
diff --git a/git-cliff-core/tests/integration_test.rs b/git-cliff-core/tests/integration_test.rs
index 95fd991ab6..3e960fac69 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/git-cliff-core/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ fn generate_changelog() -> Result<()> {
 	let releases = vec![
 		Release {
 			version:   Some(String::from("v2.0.0")),
+			message: None,
 			commits:   vec![
 
 				Commit::new(
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ fn generate_changelog() -> Result<()> {
 		},
 		Release {
 			version:   Some(String::from("v1.0.0")),
+			message: None,
 			commits:   vec![
 				Commit::new(
 					String::from("0bc123"),
diff --git a/git-cliff/src/lib.rs b/git-cliff/src/lib.rs
index a58c5d5695..f29021af91 100644
--- a/git-cliff/src/lib.rs
+++ b/git-cliff/src/lib.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ fn process_repository<'a>(
 	let ignore_regex = config.git.ignore_tags.as_ref();
 	tags = tags
 		.into_iter()
-		.filter(|(_, name)| {
+		.filter(|(_, tag)| {
+			let name = &tag.name;
+
 			// Keep skip tags to drop commits in the later stage.
 			let skip = skip_regex.map(|r| r.is_match(name)).unwrap_or_default();
 
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ fn process_repository<'a>(
 					repository.current_tag().as_ref().and_then(|tag| {
 						tags.iter()
 							.enumerate()
-							.find(|(_, (_, v))| v == &tag)
+							.find(|(_, (_, v))| v.name == tag.name)
 							.map(|(i, _)| i)
 					}) {
 					match current_tag_index.checked_sub(1) {
@@ -226,10 +228,10 @@ fn process_repository<'a>(
 		if let Some(commit_id) = commits.first().map(|c| c.id().to_string()) {
 			match tags.get(&commit_id) {
 				Some(tag) => {
-					warn!("There is already a tag ({}) for {}", tag, commit_id)
+					warn!("There is already a tag ({:?}) for {}", tag, commit_id)
 				}
 				None => {
-					tags.insert(commit_id, tag.to_string());
+					tags.insert(commit_id, repository.resolve_tag(tag));
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -249,9 +251,13 @@ fn process_repository<'a>(
 			releases[release_index].commits.push(commit);
 		}
 		if let Some(tag) = tags.get(&commit_id) {
-			releases[release_index].version = Some(tag.to_string());
+			let tag_name = &tag.name;
+
+			releases[release_index].version = Some(tag_name.clone());
+			releases[release_index].message = tag.message.clone();
 			releases[release_index].commit_id = Some(commit_id);
-			releases[release_index].timestamp = if args.tag.as_deref() == Some(tag) {
+			releases[release_index].timestamp = if args.tag == Some(tag_name.clone())
+			{
 				SystemTime::now()
 					.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?
 					.as_secs()
@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ fn process_repository<'a>(
 			.map(|tag| {
 				tags.iter()
 					.enumerate()
-					.find(|(_, (_, v))| v == &tag)
+					.find(|(_, (_, v))| v.name == tag.name)
 					.and_then(|(i, _)| i.checked_sub(1))
 					.and_then(|i| tags.get_index(i))
 			})
@@ -307,10 +313,10 @@ fn process_repository<'a>(
 			.flatten();
 
 		// Set the previous release if the first tag is found.
-		if let Some((commit_id, version)) = first_tag {
+		if let Some((commit_id, tag)) = first_tag {
 			let previous_release = Release {
 				commit_id: Some(commit_id.to_string()),
-				version: Some(version.to_string()),
+				version: Some(tag.name.clone()),
 				timestamp: repository
 					.find_commit(commit_id.to_string())
 					.map(|v| v.time().seconds())