diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 4795349c10..8b9d61a8a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,16 @@ During the bisection process, you can say
 $ git bisect visualize
 ------------
 
-to see the currently remaining suspects in `gitk`.
+to see the currently remaining suspects in `gitk`.  `visualize` is a bit
+too long to type and `view` is provided as a synonym.
+
+If `DISPLAY` environment variable is not set, `git log` is used
+instead.  You can even give command line options such as `-p` and
+`--stat`.
+
+------------
+$ git bisect view --stat
+------------
 
 Bisect log and bisect replay
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 7a6521ec3c..5385249890 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -324,8 +324,23 @@ bisect_next() {
 
 bisect_visualize() {
 	bisect_next_check fail
+
+	if test $# = 0
+	then
+		case "${DISPLAY+set}" in
+		'')	set git log ;;
+		set)	set gitk ;;
+		esac
+	else
+		case "$1" in
+		git*|tig) ;;
+		-*)	set git log "$@" ;;
+		*)	set git "$@" ;;
+		esac
+	fi
+
 	not=$(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' "refs/bisect/good-*")
-	eval gitk refs/bisect/bad --not $not -- $(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES")
+	eval '"$@"' refs/bisect/bad --not $not -- $(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES")
 }
 
 bisect_reset() {
@@ -449,7 +464,7 @@ case "$#" in
     next)
         # Not sure we want "next" at the UI level anymore.
         bisect_next "$@" ;;
-    visualize)
+    visualize|view)
 	bisect_visualize "$@" ;;
     reset)
         bisect_reset "$@" ;;