diff --git a/.kodiak.toml b/.kodiak.toml
index 49f6c7b..38755bd 100644
--- a/.kodiak.toml
+++ b/.kodiak.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ usernames = ["dependabot"]
 # https://kodiakhq.com/docs/recipes#better-merge-messages
 [merge.message]
 title = "pull_request_title"
+body = "pull_request_body"
 include_pr_number = true
+body_type = "markdown"
+strip_html_comments = true