diff --git a/cli/src/components/HelpPanelContent.tsx b/cli/src/components/HelpPanelContent.tsx
index c7bbd98fd0..71bbb5c58b 100644
--- a/cli/src/components/HelpPanelContent.tsx
+++ b/cli/src/components/HelpPanelContent.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,30 @@ export const HelpPanelContent: React.FC<HelpPanelContentProps> = ({ onClose }) =
 					</Text>
 				</Box>
 
+				<Box flexDirection="column">
+					<Text bold>Keyboard Shortcuts</Text>
+					<Text>
+						{"  "}
+						<Text color="white">Ctrl+U</Text> - Clear entire input (delete to start)
+					</Text>
+					<Text>
+						{"  "}
+						<Text color="white">Ctrl+K</Text> - Delete from cursor to end
+					</Text>
+					<Text>
+						{"  "}
+						<Text color="white">Ctrl+W</Text> - Delete word backwards
+					</Text>
+					<Text>
+						{"  "}
+						<Text color="white">Ctrl+A / Ctrl+E</Text> - Jump to start / end of input
+					</Text>
+					<Text>
+						{"  "}
+						<Text color="white">Alt/Option+←/→</Text> - Move by word
+					</Text>
+				</Box>
+
 				<Box flexDirection="column">
 					<Text bold>Slash Commands</Text>
 					<Text>
diff --git a/cli/src/hooks/useTextInput.ts b/cli/src/hooks/useTextInput.ts
index c1fd05b617..dbcd35a058 100644
--- a/cli/src/hooks/useTextInput.ts
+++ b/cli/src/hooks/useTextInput.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * - Ctrl+A/E: start/end of line
  * - Ctrl+W: delete word backwards
  * - Ctrl+U: delete to start of line
+ * - Ctrl+K: delete to end of line
  *
  * Note: Home/End keys are handled by useHomeEndKeys hook because Ink doesn't
  * expose them in useInput (it sets input='' for these keys).
@@ -152,6 +153,14 @@ export function useTextInput(): UseTextInputReturn {
 		}
 	}, [])
 
+	const deleteToEnd = useCallback(() => {
+		const pos = cursorRef.current
+		if (pos < textRef.current.length) {
+			setTextState((prev) => prev.slice(0, pos))
+			// Cursor stays at same position (now at end of text)
+		}
+	}, [])
+
 	// Cursor movement (internal, used by handlers)
 	const moveToStart = useCallback(() => setCursorPosState(0), [])
 	const moveToEnd = useCallback(() => setCursorPosState(textRef.current.length), [])
@@ -190,6 +199,9 @@ export function useTextInput(): UseTextInputReturn {
 				case "u": // Ctrl+U - delete to start
 					deleteToStart()
 					return true
+				case "k": // Ctrl+K - delete to end
+					deleteToEnd()
+					return true
 				case "w": // Ctrl+W - delete word backwards
 					deleteWordBefore()
 					return true
@@ -197,7 +209,7 @@ export function useTextInput(): UseTextInputReturn {
 					return false
 			}
 		},
-		[moveToStart, moveToEnd, deleteToStart, deleteWordBefore],
+		[moveToStart, moveToEnd, deleteToStart, deleteToEnd, deleteWordBefore],
 	)
 
 	return {