diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 8c26e4552694ab..02cdfdf1c9da67 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F('c', "reedit-message", &d, N_("object"),
 			N_("reuse and edit specified note object"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
 			parse_reedit_arg),
+		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &d.use_editor,
+			N_("edit note message in editor")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F('C', "reuse-message", &d, N_("object"),
 			N_("reuse specified note object"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
 			parse_reuse_arg),
@@ -667,6 +669,8 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F('C', "reuse-message", &d, N_("object"),
 			N_("reuse specified note object"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
 			parse_reuse_arg),
+		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &d.use_editor,
+			N_("edit note message in editor")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty,
 			N_("allow storing empty note")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "separator", &separator,
diff --git a/t/t3301-notes.sh b/t/t3301-notes.sh
index 99137fb235731b..7f45a324faac06 100755
--- a/t/t3301-notes.sh
+++ b/t/t3301-notes.sh
@@ -1567,4 +1567,33 @@ test_expect_success 'empty notes do not invoke the editor' '
 	git notes remove HEAD
 '
 
+test_expect_success '"git notes add" with -m/-F invokes the editor with -e' '
+	test_commit 19th &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes add -m "note message" -e &&
+	git notes remove HEAD &&
+	echo "message from file" >file_1 &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes add -F file_1 -e &&
+	git notes remove HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git notes append with -m/-F invokes editor with -e' '
+	test_commit 20th &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes add -m "initial note" -e &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes append -m "appended note" -e &&
+	git notes remove HEAD &&
+	echo  "initial note" >note_a &&
+	echo "appended note" >note_b &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes add -F note_a -e &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes append -F note_b -e &&
+	git notes remove HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'append note with multiple combinations of -m, -F and -e, invokes editor' '
+	test_commit 21st &&
+	echo "foo-file-1" >note_1 &&
+	echo "foo-file-2" >note_2 &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="true" git notes append -F note_1 -m "message-1" -F note_2 -m "message-2" -e &&
+	git notes remove HEAD
+'
+
 test_done