diff --git a/docs/actions.rst b/docs/actions.rst
index 2366d769b..228954cdb 100644
--- a/docs/actions.rst
+++ b/docs/actions.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ configuration examples, see the default shortcut links for each action.
 To read about keyboard mapping in more detail, see :doc:`mapping`.
 
 You can also browse and trigger these actions by pressing :sc:`command_palette`
-to run the command palette.
+to run the :doc:`/kittens/command-palette`.
 
 .. include:: /generated/actions.rst
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9aa2487e5..bb7ef9f61 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - X11: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused an occasional crash on input device removal (:iss:`9723`)
 
+- Command palette: Improve searching to use word level matching (:pull:`9727`)
+
 0.46.2 [2026-03-21]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/kittens/command-palette.rst b/docs/kittens/command-palette.rst
index 95add0198..0d10af7b3 100644
--- a/docs/kittens/command-palette.rst
+++ b/docs/kittens/command-palette.rst
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ The command palette lets you browse, search and trigger all keyboard shortcuts
 and actions in |kitty| from a single searchable overlay. Press
 :sc:`command_palette` to open it (default: :kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+F3`).
 
-.. figure:: ../screenshots/command-palette.png
+.. figure:: ../screenshots/command-palette.webp
     :alt: A screenshot of the command palette kitten
     :align: center
     :width: 100%
 
-    The command palette showing search results for "window close"
+    The command palette showing search results for ``win close``.
 
 All mapped actions (those with a keyboard shortcut) and unmapped actions (those
 available but not bound to any key) are listed, organized by category. Mouse
diff --git a/docs/overview.rst b/docs/overview.rst
index 2eaaaa56d..5273f8e23 100644
--- a/docs/overview.rst
+++ b/docs/overview.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ commented sample config file in your text editor. For details see the
 :doc:`configuration docs <conf>`.
 
 You can quickly browse all available mappable actions by pressing
-:sc:`command_palette`.
+:sc:`command_palette`, see :doc:`kittens/command-palette` for details.
 
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
diff --git a/docs/screenshots/command-palette.png b/docs/screenshots/command-palette.png
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diff --git a/docs/screenshots/command-palette.webp b/docs/screenshots/command-palette.webp
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index 000000000..489e03b46
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diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index 74d556d24..8981a9ce1 100644
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ class Boss:
         self.run_kitten_with_metadata('unicode_input', window=self.window_for_dispatch)
 
     @ac('misc', '''
-        Browse and trigger keyboard shortcuts and actions in a searchable overlay.
+        Browse and trigger keyboard shortcuts and actions in a searchable overlay (:doc:`/kittens/command-palette`)
         ''')
     def command_palette(self) -> None:
         from kittens.command_palette.main import collect_keys_data