diff --git a/src/firetower/slack_app/bolt.py b/src/firetower/slack_app/bolt.py
index b0c9c699..343e1abb 100644
--- a/src/firetower/slack_app/bolt.py
+++ b/src/firetower/slack_app/bolt.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "backfill",
     "mitigated",
     "mit",
+    "mitigate",
     "resolved",
     "fixed",
     "reopen",
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ def handle_command(
             handle_backfill_command(ack, body, command, respond)
         elif subcommand in ("help", ""):
             handle_help_command(ack, command, respond)
-        elif subcommand in ("mitigated", "mit"):
+        elif subcommand in ("mitigated", "mit", "mitigate"):
             handle_mitigated_command(ack, body, command, respond)
         elif subcommand in ("resolved", "fixed"):
             handle_resolved_command(ack, body, command, respond)
diff --git a/src/firetower/slack_app/handlers/help.py b/src/firetower/slack_app/handlers/help.py
index 9acde5c2..eb8fd865 100644
--- a/src/firetower/slack_app/handlers/help.py
+++ b/src/firetower/slack_app/handlers/help.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def handle_help_command(ack: Any, command: dict, respond: Any) -> None:
         f"  `{cmd} captain` - Set incident captain (alias: `{cmd} ic`)\n"
         f"  `{cmd} dumpslack` - Update slack transcript in postmortem doc\n"
         f"  `{cmd} list` - List active and mitigated incidents (alias: `{cmd} ls`)\n"
-        f"  `{cmd} mitigated` - Mark incident as mitigated (alias: `{cmd} mit`)\n"
+        f"  `{cmd} mitigated` - Mark incident as mitigated (aliases: `{cmd} mit`, `{cmd} mitigate`)\n"
         f"  `{cmd} resolved` - Mark incident as resolved (alias: `{cmd} fixed`)\n"
         f"  `{cmd} reopen` - Reopen an incident\n"
         f"  `{cmd} cancel` - Cancel an incident\n"