how to edit previous commit message in git code example

Example 1: git amend last commit message

$ git commit --amend -m "New and correct message"

Example 2: fix typo in commit message

git commit --amend -m "New commit message"

Example 3: how to edit old commit message in git

# Displays a list of the last 3 commits on the current branch
$ git rebase -i HEAD~3