diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 5d4cad7c..b4d5f8aa 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ Use black background
 .BI "--history=" "HISTORY_FILE"
 Load search history from the specified file and update the file on completion.
 When enabled, \fBCTRL-N\fR and \fBCTRL-P\fR are automatically remapped to
-\fBnext-history\fR and \fBprevious-history\fR.
+\fBnext-history\fR and \fBprev-history\fR.
 .TP
 .BI "--history-size=" "N"
 Maximum number of entries in the history file (default: 1000). The file is
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ A key or an event can be bound to one or more of the following actions.
     \fBpage-up\fR                    \fIpgup\fR
     \fBhalf-page-down\fR
     \fBhalf-page-up\fR
+    \fBprev-history\fR               (\fIctrl-p\fR on \fB--history\fR)
     \fBpreview(...)\fR               (see below for the details)
     \fBpreview-down\fR               \fIshift-down\fR
     \fBpreview-up\fR                 \fIshift-up\fR
@@ -987,7 +988,6 @@ A key or an event can be bound to one or more of the following actions.
     \fBpreview-half-page-up\fR
     \fBpreview-bottom\fR
     \fBpreview-top\fR
-    \fBprevious-history\fR           (\fIctrl-p\fR on \fB--history\fR)
     \fBprint-query\fR                (print query and exit)
     \fBput\fR                        (put the character to the prompt)
     \fBrefresh-preview\fR
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index b3724663..eceeffa2 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -1060,8 +1060,8 @@ func parseKeymap(keymap map[tui.Event][]*action, str string) {
 				appendAction(actHalfPageUp)
 			case "half-page-down":
 				appendAction(actHalfPageDown)
-			case "previous-history":
-				appendAction(actPreviousHistory)
+			case "prev-history", "previous-history":
+				appendAction(actPrevHistory)
 			case "next-history":
 				appendAction(actNextHistory)
 			case "toggle-preview":
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ func postProcessOptions(opts *Options) {
 	// Default actions for CTRL-N / CTRL-P when --history is set
 	if opts.History != nil {
 		if _, prs := opts.Keymap[tui.CtrlP.AsEvent()]; !prs {
-			opts.Keymap[tui.CtrlP.AsEvent()] = toActions(actPreviousHistory)
+			opts.Keymap[tui.CtrlP.AsEvent()] = toActions(actPrevHistory)
 		}
 		if _, prs := opts.Keymap[tui.CtrlN.AsEvent()]; !prs {
 			opts.Keymap[tui.CtrlN.AsEvent()] = toActions(actNextHistory)
diff --git a/src/options_test.go b/src/options_test.go
index e9cb5922..0fb569fe 100644
--- a/src/options_test.go
+++ b/src/options_test.go
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ func TestDefaultCtrlNP(t *testing.T) {
 	f.Close()
 	hist := "--history=" + f.Name()
 	check([]string{hist}, tui.CtrlN, actNextHistory)
-	check([]string{hist}, tui.CtrlP, actPreviousHistory)
+	check([]string{hist}, tui.CtrlP, actPrevHistory)
 
 	check([]string{hist, "--bind=ctrl-n:accept"}, tui.CtrlN, actAccept)
-	check([]string{hist, "--bind=ctrl-n:accept"}, tui.CtrlP, actPreviousHistory)
+	check([]string{hist, "--bind=ctrl-n:accept"}, tui.CtrlP, actPrevHistory)
 
 	check([]string{hist, "--bind=ctrl-p:accept"}, tui.CtrlN, actNextHistory)
 	check([]string{hist, "--bind=ctrl-p:accept"}, tui.CtrlP, actAccept)
diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index 2b4d25e4..a5d54694 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ const (
 	actPreviewPageDown
 	actPreviewHalfPageUp
 	actPreviewHalfPageDown
-	actPreviousHistory
+	actPrevHistory
 	actNextHistory
 	actExecute
 	actExecuteSilent
@@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 				prefix := copySlice(t.input[:t.cx])
 				t.input = append(append(prefix, event.Char), t.input[t.cx:]...)
 				t.cx++
-			case actPreviousHistory:
+			case actPrevHistory:
 				if t.history != nil {
 					t.history.override(string(t.input))
 					t.input = trimQuery(t.history.previous())