diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index 474ef59..9a0baa5 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export * from './commands/openPullRequestOnRemote';
 export * from './commands/openRepoOnRemote';
 export * from './commands/openRevisionFile';
 export * from './commands/openWorkingFile';
+export * from './commands/refreshHover';
 export * from './commands/remoteProviders';
 export * from './commands/repositories';
 export * from './commands/resetSuppressedWarnings';
diff --git a/src/commands/common.ts b/src/commands/common.ts
index 29f0284..66ff7fb 100644
--- a/src/commands/common.ts
+++ b/src/commands/common.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export enum Commands {
 	PullRepositories = 'gitlens.pullRepositories',
 	PushRepositories = 'gitlens.pushRepositories',
 	GitCommands = 'gitlens.gitCommands',
+	RefreshHover = 'gitlens.refreshHover',
 	ResetSuppressedWarnings = 'gitlens.resetSuppressedWarnings',
 	RevealCommitInView = 'gitlens.revealCommitInView',
 	SearchCommits = 'gitlens.showCommitSearch',
diff --git a/src/commands/refreshHover.ts b/src/commands/refreshHover.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65e1457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/refreshHover.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+import { commands } from 'vscode';
+import { command, Command, Commands } from './common';
+
+@command()
+export class RefreshHoverCommand extends Command {
+	constructor() {
+		super(Commands.RefreshHover);
+	}
+
+	async execute() {
+		// TODO@eamodio figure out how to really refresh/update a hover
+		await commands.executeCommand('editor.action.showHover');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts b/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts
index 29bea78..76366d1 100644
--- a/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/git/formatters/commitFormatter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 import { getPresenceDataUri } from '../../avatars';
 import {
+	Commands,
 	ConnectRemoteProviderCommand,
 	DiffWithCommand,
 	InviteToLiveShareCommand,
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ export class CommitFormatter extends Formatter<GitCommit, CommitFormatOptions> {
 					pr.provider
 				}\n${GlyphChars.Dash.repeat(2)}\n${pr.title}\n${pr.state}, ${pr.formatDateFromNow()}")${separator}`;
 			} else if (pr instanceof Promises.CancellationError) {
-				commands += `[$(git-pull-request) PR (${GlyphChars.Ellipsis})](# "Searching for a Pull Request (if any) that introduced this commit...")${separator}`;
+				commands += `[$(git-pull-request) PR (${GlyphChars.Ellipsis})](command:${Commands.RefreshHover} "Searching for a Pull Request (if any) that introduced this commit...")${separator}`;
 			} else if (pr.provider != null) {
 				commands += `[$(plug) Connect to ${pr.provider.name}${
 					GlyphChars.Ellipsis
@@ -471,10 +472,10 @@ export class CommitFormatter extends Formatter<GitCommit, CommitFormatOptions> {
 			}
 		} else if (pr instanceof Promises.CancellationError) {
 			text = this._options.markdown
-				? `[PR ${GlyphChars.Ellipsis}](# "Searching for a Pull Request (if any) that introduced this commit...")`
+				? `[PR ${GlyphChars.Ellipsis}](command:${Commands.RefreshHover} "Searching for a Pull Request (if any) that introduced this commit...")`
 				: `PR ${GlyphChars.Ellipsis}`;
 		} else {
-			return emptyStr;
+			return this._padOrTruncate(emptyStr, this._options.tokenOptions.pullRequest);
 		}
 
 		return this._padOrTruncate(text, this._options.tokenOptions.pullRequest);