diff --git a/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh b/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh
index 2988f0a46..fbfa5c0b6 100644
--- a/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/mercurial/mercurial.plugin.zsh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ alias hgco='hg checkout'
 alias hgd='hg diff'
 alias hged='hg diffmerge'
 # pull and update
+# show incoming commits with log msg, pull them in if there are any and update
+alias hgup='hg in && hg pull -u -v'
 alias hgl='hg pull -u -v'
 alias hgp='hg push -v'
 alias hgs='hg status -v'