diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBarCommandPaletteTrigger.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBarCommandPaletteTrigger.tsx
index db5b77eecff..c67660acaae 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBarCommandPaletteTrigger.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AppChrome/TopSearchBarCommandPaletteTrigger.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useKBar, VisualState } from 'kbar';
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getInputStyles, Icon, ToolbarButton, useStyles2, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { focusCss } from '@grafana/ui/src/themes/mixins';
 import { useMediaQueryChange } from 'app/core/hooks/useMediaQueryChange';
 import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { getModKey } from 'app/core/utils/browser';
 
 export function TopSearchBarCommandPaletteTrigger() {
   const theme = useTheme2();
@@ -44,8 +45,13 @@ export function TopSearchBarCommandPaletteTrigger() {
   return <PretendTextInput onClick={onOpenSearch} />;
 }
 
-function PretendTextInput({ onClick }: { onClick: () => void }) {
+interface PretendTextInputProps {
+  onClick: () => void;
+}
+
+function PretendTextInput({ onClick }: PretendTextInputProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const modKey = useMemo(() => getModKey(), []);
 
   // We want the desktop command palette trigger to look like a search box,
   // but it actually behaves like a button - you active it and it performs an
@@ -61,6 +67,11 @@ function PretendTextInput({ onClick }: { onClick: () => void }) {
         <button className={styles.fakeInput} onClick={onClick}>
           {t('nav.search.placeholder', 'Search Grafana')}
         </button>
+
+        <div className={styles.suffix}>
+          <Icon name="keyboard" />
+          <span className={styles.shortcut}>{modKey}+k</span>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -73,6 +84,16 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
     wrapper: baseStyles.wrapper,
     inputWrapper: baseStyles.inputWrapper,
     prefix: baseStyles.prefix,
+    suffix: css([
+      baseStyles.suffix,
+      {
+        display: 'flex',
+        gap: theme.spacing(0.5),
+      },
+    ]),
+    shortcut: css({
+      fontSize: theme.typography.bodySmall.fontSize,
+    }),
     fakeInput: css([
       baseStyles.input,
       {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/help/HelpModal.tsx b/public/app/core/components/help/HelpModal.tsx
index f51900e9571..3d9f0a5afa9 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/help/HelpModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/help/HelpModal.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Modal, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { getModKey } from 'app/core/utils/browser';
 
-const shortcuts = {
+const getShortcuts = (modKey: string) => ({
   Global: [
     { keys: ['g', 'h'], description: 'Go to Home Dashboard' },
     { keys: ['g', 'e'], description: 'Go to Explore' },
@@ -12,11 +13,11 @@ const shortcuts = {
     { keys: ['s', 'o'], description: 'Open search' },
     { keys: ['esc'], description: 'Exit edit/setting views' },
     { keys: ['h'], description: 'Show all keyboard shortcuts' },
-    { keys: ['mod+k'], description: 'Open command palette' },
+    { keys: [`${modKey}+k`], description: 'Open command palette' },
     { keys: ['c', 't'], description: 'Change theme' },
   ],
   Dashboard: [
-    { keys: ['mod+s'], description: 'Save dashboard' },
+    { keys: [`${modKey}+s`], description: 'Save dashboard' },
     { keys: ['d', 'r'], description: 'Refresh all panels' },
     { keys: ['d', 's'], description: 'Dashboard settings' },
     { keys: ['d', 'v'], description: 'Toggle in-active / view mode' },
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ const shortcuts = {
     { keys: ['d', 'E'], description: 'Expand all rows' },
     { keys: ['d', 'C'], description: 'Collapse all rows' },
     { keys: ['d', 'a'], description: 'Toggle auto fit panels (experimental feature)' },
-    { keys: ['mod+o'], description: 'Toggle shared graph crosshair' },
+    { keys: [`${modKey}+o`], description: 'Toggle shared graph crosshair' },
     { keys: ['d', 'l'], description: 'Toggle all panel legends' },
   ],
   'Focused Panel': [
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ const shortcuts = {
       description: 'Make time range absolute/permanent',
     },
   ],
-};
+});
 
 export interface HelpModalProps {
   onDismiss: () => void;
@@ -58,11 +59,10 @@ export interface HelpModalProps {
 
 export const HelpModal = ({ onDismiss }: HelpModalProps): JSX.Element => {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const modKey = useMemo(() => getModKey(), []);
+  const shortcuts = useMemo(() => getShortcuts(modKey), [modKey]);
   return (
     <Modal title="Shortcuts" isOpen onDismiss={onDismiss} onClickBackdrop={onDismiss}>
-      <div className={styles.titleDescription}>
-        <span className={styles.shortcutTableKey}>mod</span> =<span> CTRL on windows or linux and CMD key on Mac</span>
-      </div>
       <div className={styles.categories}>
         {Object.entries(shortcuts).map(([category, shortcuts], i) => (
           <div className={styles.shortcutCategory} key={i}>
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/browser.ts b/public/app/core/utils/browser.ts
index 346dee58ee9..d47b8745e4b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/browser.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/browser.ts
@@ -32,3 +32,12 @@ export function checkBrowserCompatibility() {
 
   return true;
 }
+
+export function userAgentIsApple() {
+  const appleRe = /(iPhone|iPad|Mac)/;
+  return appleRe.test(navigator.platform);
+}
+
+export function getModKey() {
+  return userAgentIsApple() ? 'cmd' : 'ctrl';
+}