diff --git a/docs/encryption.md b/docs/encryption.md
index 2cb5d547..35a26313 100644
--- a/docs/encryption.md
+++ b/docs/encryption.md
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE
 alias jrnl=" jrnl"
 ```
 
-The fish shell does not support automatically preventing logging like
-this. To prevent `jrnl` commands being logged by fish, you must make
-sure to type a space before every `jrnl` command you enter. To delete
-existing `jrnl` commands from fish’s history, run
+If you are using `fish` instead of `bash` or `zsh`, you can get the same behaviour by
+adding this to your `fish` configuration:
+
+``` sh
+abbr jrnl=" jrnl"
+```
+
+To delete existing `jrnl` commands from `fish`’s history, run
 `history delete --prefix 'jrnl '`.
 
 ## Manual decryption