diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 91e20d62e..a6d689b93 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Changelog
 - icat kitten: Add :option:`kitty +kitten icat --print-window-size` to easily
   detect the window size in pixels from scripting languages (:iss:`581`)
 
-- hints kitten: Allow selecting hashes from the terminal useful for git
-  commits. (:pull:`604`)
+- hints kitten: Allow selecting hashes from the terminal with
+  :sc:`insert_selected_hash` useful for git commits. (:pull:`604`)
 
 - Allow specifying initial window size in number of cells in addition to pixels
   (:iss:`436`)
diff --git a/kitty/config_data.py b/kitty/config_data.py
index 5a75271e2..d55308207 100644
--- a/kitty/config_data.py
+++ b/kitty/config_data.py
@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@ output of things like: ls -1'''))
 k('insert_selected_word', 'kitty_mod+p>w', 'kitten hints --type word --program -', _('Insert selected word'), long_text=_('''
 Select words and insert into terminal.'''))
 
+k('insert_selected_hash', 'kitty_mod+p>h', 'kitten hints --type hash --program -', _('Insert selected hash'), long_text=_('''
+Select something that looks like a hash and insert it into the terminal.
+Useful with git, which uses sha1 hashes to identify commits'''))
+
 # }}}
 
 g('shortcuts.misc')  # {{{