diff --git a/Completion/Unix/Command/_git b/Completion/Unix/Command/_git
index b8edc10..df963c4 100644
--- a/Completion/Unix/Command/_git
+++ b/Completion/Unix/Command/_git
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ _git-checkout () {
 
 (( $+functions[_git-cherry-pick] )) ||
 _git-cherry-pick () {
+  local __GIT_EXTRA_OPTIONS_FOR_RECENT_COMMITS='--all --not HEAD'
   _arguments \
     '(- :)--quit[end revert or cherry-pick sequence]' \
     '(- :)--continue[resume revert or cherry-pick sequence]' \
@@ -5676,7 +5677,7 @@ __git_recent_commits () {
 
   # Careful: most %d will expand to the empty string.  Quote properly!
   # NOTE: we could use %D directly, but it's not available in git 1.9.1 at least.
-  commits=("${(f)"$(_call_program commits git --no-pager log -20 --format='%h%n%d%n%s\ \(%cr\)')"}")
+  commits=("${(f)"$(_call_program commits git --no-pager log $__GIT_EXTRA_OPTIONS_FOR_RECENT_COMMITS -20 --format='%h%n%d%n%s\ \(%cr\)')"}")
   __git_command_successful $pipestatus || return 1
 
   for i j k in "$commits[@]" ; do