diff --git a/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh b/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh
index c18aa726c49cd75b327ae4173a153cd4cb22c0af..d2db89d045018ab33b116f33d18573213b4bde64 100644
--- a/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ alias hglr='hg pull --rebase'
 alias hgo='hg outgoing'
 alias hgp='hg push'
 alias hgs='hg status'
+alias hgsl='log --limit 20 --template "{node|short} | {date|isodatesec} | {author|user}: {desc|strip|firstline}\n" '
 # this is the 'git commit --amend' equivalent
 alias hgca='hg qimport -r tip ; hg qrefresh -e ; hg qfinish tip'