diff --git a/browser/ui/accelerator_util.cc b/browser/ui/accelerator_util.cc
index 1fb89a7e2..b2aadb93a 100644
--- a/browser/ui/accelerator_util.cc
+++ b/browser/ui/accelerator_util.cc
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ bool StringToAccelerator(const std::string& description,
       modifiers |= ui::EF_CONTROL_DOWN;
     } else if (tokens[i] == "command") {
       modifiers |= ui::EF_COMMAND_DOWN;
+    } else if (tokens[i] == "commandorcontrol" || tokens[i] == "cmdorctrl") {
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+      modifiers |= ui::EF_COMMAND_DOWN;
+#else
+      modifiers |= ui::EF_CONTROL_DOWN;
+#endif
     } else if (tokens[i] == "alt") {
       modifiers |= ui::EF_ALT_DOWN;
     } else if (tokens[i] == "shift") {
diff --git a/docs/api/browser/menu-item.md b/docs/api/browser/menu-item.md
index 6ad24d94e..ddf8d13c3 100644
--- a/docs/api/browser/menu-item.md
+++ b/docs/api/browser/menu-item.md
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@
 
 ## Notes on accelerator
 
-On Linux and Windows, the `Command` key would not have any effect.
+On Linux and Windows, the `Command` key would not have any effect, you can
+use `CommandOrControl` which represents `Command` on OS X and `Control` on
+Linux and Windows to define some accelerators, you can also use its short
+alias `CmdOrCtrl`.