diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go b/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go
index b2685b2e4..667ea228b 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/keybindings"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
 type MenuContext struct {
+	c *ContextCommon
+
 	*MenuViewModel
 	*ListContextTrait
 }
@@ -17,9 +20,10 @@ var _ types.IListContext = (*MenuContext)(nil)
 func NewMenuContext(
 	c *ContextCommon,
 ) *MenuContext {
-	viewModel := NewMenuViewModel()
+	viewModel := NewMenuViewModel(c)
 
 	return &MenuContext{
+		c:             c,
 		MenuViewModel: viewModel,
 		ListContextTrait: &ListContextTrait{
 			Context: NewSimpleContext(NewBaseContext(NewBaseContextOpts{
@@ -48,13 +52,15 @@ func (self *MenuContext) GetSelectedItemId() string {
 }
 
 type MenuViewModel struct {
+	c         *ContextCommon
 	menuItems []*types.MenuItem
 	*BasicViewModel[*types.MenuItem]
 }
 
-func NewMenuViewModel() *MenuViewModel {
+func NewMenuViewModel(c *ContextCommon) *MenuViewModel {
 	self := &MenuViewModel{
 		menuItems: nil,
+		c:         c,
 	}
 
 	self.BasicViewModel = NewBasicViewModel(func() []*types.MenuItem { return self.menuItems })
@@ -74,9 +80,25 @@ func (self *MenuViewModel) GetDisplayStrings(_startIdx int, _length int) [][]str
 
 	return slices.Map(self.menuItems, func(item *types.MenuItem) []string {
 		displayStrings := item.LabelColumns
-		if showKeys {
-			displayStrings = slices.Prepend(displayStrings, style.FgCyan.Sprint(keybindings.LabelFromKey(item.Key)))
+
+		if !showKeys {
+			return displayStrings
 		}
+
+		// These keys are used for general navigation so we'll strike them out to
+		// avoid confusion
+		reservedKeys := []string{
+			self.c.UserConfig.Keybinding.Universal.Confirm,
+			self.c.UserConfig.Keybinding.Universal.Select,
+			self.c.UserConfig.Keybinding.Universal.Return,
+		}
+		keyLabel := keybindings.LabelFromKey(item.Key)
+		keyStyle := style.FgCyan
+		if lo.Contains(reservedKeys, keyLabel) {
+			keyStyle = style.FgDefault.SetStrikethrough()
+		}
+
+		displayStrings = slices.Prepend(displayStrings, keyStyle.Sprint(keyLabel))
 		return displayStrings
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/menu_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/menu_controller.go
index b687778ac..58b0fcdd5 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/menu_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/menu_controller.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ func NewMenuController(
 	}
 }
 
+// NOTE: if you add a new keybinding here, you'll also need to add it to
+// `reservedKeys` in `pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go`
 func (self *MenuController) GetKeybindings(opts types.KeybindingsOpts) []*types.Binding {
 	bindings := []*types.Binding{
 		{