diff --git a/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt b/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
index dcf176e34c..2e74b7c281 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
@@ -403,6 +403,44 @@ by PrintHello class will be available to users as:
 $ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com helloworld print
 ----
 
+Multiple SSH commands can be bound to the same implementation class. For
+example a Gerrit Shell plugin can bind different shell commands to the same
+implementation class:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+public class SshShellModule extends PluginCommandModule {
+  @Override
+  protected void configureCommands() {
+    command("ls").to(ShellCommand.class);
+    command("ps").to(ShellCommand.class);
+    [...]
+  }
+}
+----
+
+With the possible implementation:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+public class ShellCommand extends SshCommand {
+  @Override
+  protected void run() throws UnloggedFailure {
+    String cmd = getName().substring(getPluginName().length() + 1);
+    ProcessBuilder proc = new ProcessBuilder(cmd);
+    Process cmd = proc.start();
+    [...]
+  }
+}
+----
+
+And the call:
+
+----
+$ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com shell ls
+$ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com shell ps
+----
+
 [[configuration]]
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/BaseCommand.java b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/BaseCommand.java
index c8b24f727e..4ac8f64a1e 100644
--- a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/BaseCommand.java
+++ b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/BaseCommand.java
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ public abstract class BaseCommand implements Command {
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  String getPluginName() {
+  protected String getPluginName() {
     return pluginName;
   }
 
-  String getName() {
+  protected String getName() {
     return commandName;
   }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCommand implements Command {
     this.commandName = prefix;
   }
 
-  String[] getArguments() {
+  public String[] getArguments() {
     return argv;
   }