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@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ log_question 'What did I achieve today?'
 log_question 'What did I make progress with?'
 ```
 
+### Display random entry
+
+You can use this to select one title at random and then display the whole
+entry.
+
+``` sh
+jrnl -on "$(jrnl --short | shuf -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1,2)"
+```
+
 ## External editors
 
 To use external editors for writing and editing journal entries, set