diff --git a/R/parse-news-items.R b/R/parse-news-items.R
index 1bcd666f..10fdc56c 100644
--- a/R/parse-news-items.R
+++ b/R/parse-news-items.R
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ harvest_pr_data <- function(message) {
   )
 
   tibble::tibble(
-    title = pr_info$title %||% NA_character_,
+    # FIXME: Better default message without PR info
+    # if the message is already in Conventional Commit format
+    title = pr_info$title %||% paste0("- ", message),
     pr_number = pr_number,
     issue_numbers = list(issue_numbers),
     external_ctb = external_ctb,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/parse-news-items.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/parse-news-items.md
index dd8d6f9f..35ab53db 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/parse-news-items.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/parse-news-items.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       # A tibble: 1 x 4
         description                                               type  breaking scope
         <chr>                                                     <chr> <lgl>    <lgl>
-      1 PLACEHOLDER https://github.com/cynkra/fledge/pull/332 (#~ Unca~ FALSE    NA   
+      1 Merge pull request #332 from cynkra/conventional-parsing~ Unca~ FALSE    NA   
 
 # Can parse PR merge commits - PAT absence
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
     [
       {
-        "title": "NA",
+        "title": "- Merge pull request #332 from cynkra/conventional-parsing",
         "pr_number": "332",
         "issue_numbers": "",
         "external_ctb": "NA"