diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index 43383ebfe40..b238afcd127 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1979,7 +1979,8 @@ log entries."
                   (cadr vc-git-root-log-format)
                 "^commit +\\([0-9a-z]+\\)"))
   ;; Allow expanding short log entries.
-  (when (memq vc-log-view-type '(short log-outgoing log-incoming mergebase))
+  (when (memq vc-log-view-type
+              '(short log-outgoing log-incoming log-outstanding mergebase))
     (setq truncate-lines t)
     (setq-local log-view-expanded-log-entry-function
                 'vc-git-expanded-log-entry))
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el b/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
index 63c56d55278..d671caa23db 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-hg.el
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ the log starting from that revision."
              ;; commits from all branches are included in the log.
              (cond ((not (stringp limit))
                     (format "-r%s:0" start))
-                   ((eq vc-log-view-type 'log-outgoing)
+                   ((memq vc-log-view-type '(log-outgoing
+                                             log-outstanding))
                     (format "-rreverse(only(%s, %s))" start limit))
                    (t
                     (format "-r%s:%s & !%s" start limit limit)))
@@ -468,7 +469,8 @@ the log starting from that revision."
 
 (define-derived-mode vc-hg-log-view-mode log-view-mode "Hg-Log-View"
   (require 'add-log) ;; we need the add-log faces
-  (let ((shortp (memq vc-log-view-type '(short log-incoming log-outgoing))))
+  (let ((shortp (memq vc-log-view-type
+                      '(short log-incoming log-outgoing log-outstanding))))
    (setq-local log-view-file-re regexp-unmatchable)
    (setq-local log-view-per-file-logs nil)
    (setq-local log-view-message-re
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc.el b/lisp/vc/vc.el
index 9654f2bb699..3ed17942231 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc.el
@@ -3463,7 +3463,8 @@ When called from Lisp, optional argument FILESET overrides the fileset."
          (backend (car fileset)))
     (vc-print-log-internal backend (cadr fileset) nil nil
                            (vc--outgoing-base-mergebase backend
-                                                        upstream-location))))
+                                                        upstream-location)
+                           'log-outstanding)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun vc-root-log-outstanding (&optional upstream-location)
@@ -4182,13 +4183,14 @@ LIMIT can also be a string, which means the revision before which to stop."
   "Set this to record the type of VC log shown in the current buffer.
 Supported values are:
 
-  `short'        -- short log form, one line for each commit
-  `long'         -- long log form, including full log message and author
-  `with-diff'    -- log including diffs
-  `log-outgoing' -- log of changes to be pushed to upstream
-  `log-incoming' -- log of changes to be brought by pulling from upstream
-  `log-search'   -- log entries matching a pattern; shown in long format
-  `mergebase'    -- log created by `vc-log-mergebase'.")
+  `short'           -- short log form, one line for each commit
+  `long'            -- long log form, including full log message and author
+  `with-diff'       -- log including diffs
+  `log-outgoing'    -- log of changes to be pushed to upstream
+  `log-incoming'    -- log of changes to be brought by pulling from upstream
+  `log-outstanding' -- log of changes you've not yet finished sharing
+  `log-search'      -- log entries matching a pattern; shown in long format
+  `mergebase'       -- log created by `vc-log-mergebase'.")
 (put 'vc-log-view-type 'permanent-local t)
 (defvar vc-sentinel-movepoint)