diff --git a/README.mkd b/README.mkd
index a36e26c..d85da70 100644
--- a/README.mkd
+++ b/README.mkd
@@ -53,16 +53,18 @@ And you can turn line highlighting on and off (defaults to off):
 * turn off with `:GitGutterLineHighlightsDisable`
 * toggle with `:GitGutterLineHighlightsToggle`.
 
-Furthermore you can jump between `[count]` hunks:
+Furthermore you can jump between hunks:
 
-* jump to next hunk: `:[count]GitGutterNextHunk [count]`
-* jump to previous hunk: `:[count]GitGutterPrevHunk [count]`.
+* jump to next hunk: `]h`
+* jump to previous hunk: `[h`.
 
-You may want to add mappings for these if you use them often.  For example:
+Both of those take a preceding count.
+
+To set your own mappings for these, for example `gh` and `gH`:
 
 ```viml
-nmap <silent> ]h :<C-U>execute v:count1 . "GitGutterNextHunk"<CR>
-nmap <silent> [h :<C-U>execute v:count1 . "GitGutterPrevHunk"<CR>
+nmap gh <Plug>GitGutterNextHunk
+nmap gH <Plug>GitGutterPrevHunk
 ```
 
 Finally, you can force vim-gitgutter to update its signs across all visible buffers with `:GitGutterAll`.
diff --git a/plugin/gitgutter.vim b/plugin/gitgutter.vim
index 9cb838d..e27deb7 100644
--- a/plugin/gitgutter.vim
+++ b/plugin/gitgutter.vim
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ function! GitGutterGetHunks()
   return s:is_active() ? s:hunks : []
 endfunction
 
+nnoremap <silent> <Plug>GitGutterNextHunk :<C-U>execute v:count1 . "GitGutterNextHunk"<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <Plug>GitGutterPrevHunk :<C-U>execute v:count1 . "GitGutterPrevHunk"<CR>
+
+if !hasmapto('<Plug>GitGutterNextHunk') && maparg(']h', 'n') ==# ''
+  nmap ]h <Plug>GitGutterNextHunk
+  nmap [h <Plug>GitGutterPrevHunk
+endif
+
 augroup gitgutter
   autocmd!
   if g:gitgutter_eager