diff --git a/autoload/wiki/buffer.vim b/autoload/wiki/buffer.vim
index 9e0c83c7..1f0cecd0 100644
--- a/autoload/wiki/buffer.vim
+++ b/autoload/wiki/buffer.vim
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ function! s:init_buffer_mappings() abort " {{{1
   endif
 
   call extend(l:mappings, get(g:, 'wiki_mappings_local', {}))
+  if b:wiki.in_journal
+    call extend(l:mappings, get(g:, 'wiki_mappings_local_journal', {}))
+  endif
 
   call wiki#init#apply_mappings_from_dict(l:mappings, '<buffer>')
 endfunction
diff --git a/doc/wiki.txt b/doc/wiki.txt
index 80183075..4aefc03e 100644
--- a/doc/wiki.txt
+++ b/doc/wiki.txt
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ OPTIONS                                                   *wiki-config-options*
 
 *g:wiki_mappings_global*
 *g:wiki_mappings_local*
+*g:wiki_mappings_local_journal*
   These options allow one to customize global and buffer local mappings
   through dictionaries where the keys are the right-hand sides and the values
   are the desired mappings, e.g.: >
@@ -616,6 +617,18 @@ OPTIONS                                                   *wiki-config-options*
   visual mode, respectively. The available `<plug>` mappings are listed in
   |wiki-mappings|.
 
+  For any local mappings that should only be applied in journal entries,
+  consider setting |g:wiki_mappings_local_journal|. For example, similar to
+  above: >
+
+    let g:wiki_mappings_local = {
+          \ '<plug>(wiki-journal-prev)' : '[w',
+          \ '<plug>(wiki-journal-next)' : ']w',
+          \}
+<
+  Here we create a pair of mappings `[w` and `]w` to navigate between journal
+  entries.
+
   Default: Undefined
 
 *g:wiki_month_names*
@@ -1208,6 +1221,23 @@ information about the different modes.
   `ox`    at                  |<plug>(wiki-at)|
   `ox`    it                  |<plug>(wiki-it)|
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DEFAULT JOURNAL MAPPINGS                        *wiki-mappings-journal-default*
+
+This is a list of default mappings four journal entries. For a more detailed
+description of each mapping, read the documentation of the `<plug>(wiki-[name])`
+form of the mapping. The mode specifier is a single letter which indicates
+which mode the mapping is valid in. See e.g. |nmap|, |imap|, |omap| or |xmap|
+for more information about the different modes.
+
+  MODE  LHS                 RHS~
+  ====  ===                 ===
+  `n`     <c-n>               |<plug>(wiki-journal-prev)|
+  `n`     <c-p>               |<plug>(wiki-journal-next)|
+  `n`     <leader><c-n>       |<plug>(wiki-journal-copy-tonext)|
+  `n`     <leader>wu          |<plug>(wiki-journal-toweek)|
+  `n`     <leader>wm          |<plug>(wiki-journal-tomonth)|
+
 ==============================================================================
 LINKS                                                               *wiki-link*