diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.adoc b/Documentation/revisions.adoc
index 3bb6dc85b6..0ef2c895ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.adoc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8.
   `branch.<name>.remote`). B@{u} refers to the remote-tracking branch for
   the branch X taken from remote R, typically found at `refs/remotes/R/X`.
 
-'[<branchname>]@\{push\}', e.g. 'master@\{push\}', '@\{push\}'::
+'[<branchname>]@\{push\}', e.g. 'master@\{push\}', '@\{p\}'::
   The suffix '@\{push}' reports the branch "where we would push to" if
   `git push` were run while `branchname` was checked out (or the current
   `HEAD` if no branchname is specified). Like for '@\{upstream\}', we report
diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
index 4eda8c8eac..6546685760 100644
--- a/object-name.c
+++ b/object-name.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static inline int upstream_mark(const char *string, int len)
 
 static inline int push_mark(const char *string, int len)
 {
-	const char *suffix[] = { "@{push}" };
+	const char *suffix[] = { "@{push}", "@{p}" };
 	return at_mark(string, len, suffix, ARRAY_SIZE(suffix));
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh b/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh
index d868a08110..5a4f16867a 100755
--- a/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh
+++ b/t/t1514-rev-parse-push.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ test_expect_success '@{push} with pushremote defined' '
 	resolve topic@{push} refs/remotes/other/topic
 '
 
+test_expect_success '@{p} is short for @{push}' '
+	test_config push.default current &&
+	test_config branch.topic.pushremote other &&
+	resolve topic@{p} refs/remotes/other/topic &&
+	resolve topic@{P} refs/remotes/other/topic
+'
+
 test_expect_success '@{push} with push refspecs' '
 	test_config push.default nothing &&
 	test_config remote.origin.push refs/heads/*:refs/heads/magic/* &&