diff --git a/templates/zerver/integrations/git.md b/templates/zerver/integrations/git.md
index b85441196e..c7c43f610c 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/integrations/git.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/integrations/git.md
@@ -1,38 +1,26 @@
-{! download-python-bindings.md !}
+{!download-python-bindings.md!}
 
-Next, create the stream you’d like to use for Git notifications, and
-subscribe all interested parties to this stream. The integration will
-use the default stream `commits` if no stream is supplied in the hook;
-you still need to create the stream even if you are using this
-default.
+{!create-stream.md!}
 
-Next, open `integrations/git/zulip_git_config.py` in your favorite
-editor, and change the following lines to specify the email address
-and API key for your Git bot:
-
-```
-ZULIP_USER = "git-bot@example.com"
-ZULIP_API_KEY = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
-{% if api_site_required %}ZULIP_SITE = "{{ external_api_uri_subdomain }}"{% endif %}
-```
+{!change-zulip-config-file.md!}
 
 You can also specify which pushes will result in notifications and to
 what stream the notifications will be sent by modifying the
 `commit_notice_destination` function in `zulip_git_config.py`. By
 default, pushes to the `master` and `test-post-receive` branches will
-result in a notification to stream `commits`.
+result in a notification to the stream `commits`.
 
 Save `integrations/git/zulip_git_config.py` to the `.git/hooks`
 directory of your git repository.
 
-Symlink `/usr/local/share/zulip/integrations/git/post-receive` into
+Symlink `/usr/local/share/zulip/integrations/git/post-receive` to
 the `.git/hooks` directory of your git repository.
 
 Whenever you make a push to the `master` branch of your git repository
 (or whatever you configured above), the Zulip git plugin will send an
 automated notification.
 
-{! congrats.md !}
+{!congrats.md!}
 
 ![](/static/images/integrations/git/001.png)
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/integrations.py b/zerver/lib/integrations.py
index 970379dc6f..a074f01579 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/integrations.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/integrations.py
@@ -253,7 +253,11 @@ INTEGRATIONS = {
     'capistrano': Integration('capistrano', 'capistrano', display_name='Capistrano', doc='zerver/integrations/capistrano.md'),
     'codebase': Integration('codebase', 'codebase', doc='zerver/integrations/codebase.md'),
     'email': EmailIntegration('email', 'email', doc='zerver/integrations/email.md'),
-    'git': Integration('git', 'git', doc='zerver/integrations/git.md'),
+    'git': Integration(
+        'git', 'git',
+        doc='zerver/integrations/git.md',
+        stream_name='commits',
+    ),
     'google-calendar': Integration(
         'google-calendar',
         'google-calendar',