diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 10b975f3f..0c753f436 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - A new option :opt:`modify_font` to adjust various font metrics like underlines, cell sizes etc. (:pull:`5265`)
 
-- A new mappable action :ac:`show_kitty_doc` to display the kitty docs in a browser
+- A new shortcut :sc:`show_kitty_doc` to display the kitty docs in a browser
 
 - Graphics protocol: Only delete temp files if they have the string
   :code:`tty-graphics-protocol` in their file paths. This prevents deletion of arbitrary files in :file:`/tmp`.
diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index b4ab721a0..6c5a5c486 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -3806,6 +3806,9 @@ shortcuts. For a full description see :doc:`hints kitten </kittens/hints>`.
 # shortcuts.misc {{{
 agr('shortcuts.misc', 'Miscellaneous')
 
+map('Show documentation',
+    'show_kitty_doc kitty_mod+f1 show_kitty_doc overview')
+
 map('Toggle fullscreen',
     'toggle_fullscreen kitty_mod+f11 toggle_fullscreen',
     )
diff --git a/kitty/options/types.py b/kitty/options/types.py
index 919ff2455..1c2f22c1a 100644
--- a/kitty/options/types.py
+++ b/kitty/options/types.py
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ defaults.map = [
     KeyDefinition(is_sequence=True, trigger=SingleKey(mods=256, key=112), rest=(SingleKey(key=110),), definition='kitten hints --type linenum'),  # noqa
     # open_selected_hyperlink
     KeyDefinition(is_sequence=True, trigger=SingleKey(mods=256, key=112), rest=(SingleKey(key=121),), definition='kitten hints --type hyperlink'),  # noqa
+    # show_kitty_doc
+    KeyDefinition(trigger=SingleKey(mods=256, key=57364), definition='show_kitty_doc overview'),  # noqa
     # toggle_fullscreen
     KeyDefinition(trigger=SingleKey(mods=256, key=57374), definition='toggle_fullscreen'),  # noqa
     # toggle_maximized