diff --git a/manual/src/mercurial.md b/manual/src/mercurial.md
index 6a6698688..228557f13 100644
--- a/manual/src/mercurial.md
+++ b/manual/src/mercurial.md
@@ -40,4 +40,9 @@ hg dft -r .^ -r .
 ```
 
 This is equivalent to `hg log -l 1 -p`, although it does not show the
-commit message.
+commit message. I like to define an alias for this:
+
+```
+[alias]
+dp = dft -r .^ -r .
+```