diff --git a/notebook/static/notebook/js/keyboardmanager.js b/notebook/static/notebook/js/keyboardmanager.js
index 21138b4ee..37d8e0b06 100644
--- a/notebook/static/notebook/js/keyboardmanager.js
+++ b/notebook/static/notebook/js/keyboardmanager.js
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ define([
             'up'                  : 'jupyter-notebook:move-cursor-up',
             'down'                : 'jupyter-notebook:move-cursor-down',
             'ctrl-shift--'        : 'jupyter-notebook:split-cell-at-cursor',
-            'ctrl-shift-subtract' : 'jupyter-notebook:split-cell-at-cursor',
         };
     };
 
diff --git a/notebook/static/notebook/js/quickhelp.js b/notebook/static/notebook/js/quickhelp.js
index 1e0b26c03..744aae64a 100644
--- a/notebook/static/notebook/js/quickhelp.js
+++ b/notebook/static/notebook/js/quickhelp.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ define([
         'end':'End',
         'space':'Space',
         'backspace':'Backspace',
+        '-':'Minus'
         };
     
     var humanize_map;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ define([
         humanize_map = default_humanize_map;
     }
 
-    var special_case = { pageup: "PageUp", pagedown: "Page Down", 'minus': '-' };
+    var special_case = { pageup: "PageUp", pagedown: "Page Down" };
     
     function humanize_key(key){
         if (key.length === 1){
diff --git a/notebook/static/notebook/less/quickhelp.less b/notebook/static/notebook/less/quickhelp.less
index 7fea6e7ee..310185cbd 100644
--- a/notebook/static/notebook/less/quickhelp.less
+++ b/notebook/static/notebook/less/quickhelp.less
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 }
 .shortcut_key {
     display: inline-block;
-    width: 20ex;
+    width: 21ex;
     text-align: right;
     font-family: @font-family-monospace;
 }
diff --git a/notebook/tests/notebook/dualmode_merge.js b/notebook/tests/notebook/dualmode_merge.js
index e3751951a..0cd15aa3c 100644
--- a/notebook/tests/notebook/dualmode_merge.js
+++ b/notebook/tests/notebook/dualmode_merge.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ casper.notebook_test(function () {
         this.set_cell_text(0, 'abcd');
         this.set_cell_editor_cursor(0, 0, 2);
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), 'abcd', 'Verify that cell 0 has the new contents.');
-        this.trigger_keydown('ctrl-shift-subtract'); // Split
+        this.trigger_keydown('ctrl-shift--'); // Split
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), 'ab', 'split; Verify that cell 0 has the first half.');
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(1), 'cd', 'split; Verify that cell 1 has the second half.');
         this.validate_notebook_state('split', 'edit', 1);
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ casper.notebook_test(function () {
         this.select_cell(1);
         this.trigger_keydown('enter');
         this.set_cell_editor_cursor(1, 0, 2);
-        this.trigger_keydown('ctrl-shift-subtract'); // Split
+        this.trigger_keydown('ctrl-shift--'); // Split
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), N, 'Split cell 1: There are still '+N+' cells');
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), a, 'Split cell 1: Cell 0 is unchanged');
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(1), b, 'Split cell 1: Cell 1 is unchanged');
         this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(2), c, 'Split cell 1: Cell 2 is unchanged');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('ctrl-shift-subtract', 'edit', 1); 
+        this.validate_notebook_state('ctrl-shift--', 'edit', 1); 
     });
 
     // Try to merge cell 1 down, should fail, as 1 is locked