diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py
index 323cf2f06..d91f83161 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/wiki.py
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ class WikiPageListing(Templated):
         Templated.__init__(self)
 
 class WikiEditPage(Templated):
-    def __init__(self, page_content='', previous='', page=None, show_reason_field=True):
+    def __init__(self, page_content='', previous='', page=None):
         self.page_content = page_content
         self.page = page
         self.previous = previous
         self.base_url = c.wiki_base_url
-        self.show_reason_field = show_reason_field
         Templated.__init__(self)
 
 class WikiPageSettings(Templated):
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ class WikiCreate(WikiBase):
     def __init__(self, page, **context):
         context['alert'] = _("page %s does not exist in this subreddit") % page
         context['actionless'] = True
-        content = WikiEditPage(show_reason_field=True, page=page)
+        content = WikiEditPage(page=page)
         WikiBase.__init__(self, content, page, **context)
 
 class WikiEdit(WikiBase):
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/wikieditpage.html b/r2/r2/templates/wikieditpage.html
index 4fc2d2bf9..f167e7f1c 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/wikieditpage.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/wikieditpage.html
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@
 
 <form method="post" id="editform" onsubmit="r.wiki.submitEdit(event)">
     <textarea name="content" rows="20" cols="20" style="width: 100%" id="content">${keep_space(thing.page_content)}</textarea>
-    %if thing.show_reason_field:
-        <br/><br/>
-        <label for="reason">${_("reason for revision")}</label><br/>
-        <input type="text" name="reason" maxlength="256" id="wiki_revision_reason" />
-    %endif
+    <br/><br/>
+    <label for="reason">${_("reason for revision")}</label><br/>
+    <input type="text" name="reason" maxlength="256" id="wiki_revision_reason" />
     <input type="hidden" id="previous" name="previous" value="${thing.previous}" />
     <br/><br/><input type="submit" value="${_('save page')}" />
 </form>