diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bb8e0973..dbae01a3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ _When adding new entries to the changelog, please include issue/PR numbers where
 - Changed format of feature IDs in GeoJSON output to be more informative and consistent. [#135](https://github.com/koordinates/kart/issues/135)
 - Fixed primary key issues for shapefile import - now generates an `auto_pk` by default, but uses an existing field if specified (doesn't use the FID). [#646](https://github.com/koordinates/kart/pull/646)
 - Add `--with-dataset-types` option to `kart meta get` which is informative now that there is more than one type of dataset. [#649](https://github.com/koordinates/kart/pull/649)
+- Support `kart diff COMMIT1 COMMIT2` as an alternative to typing `kart diff COMMIT1...COMMIT2` [#666](https://github.com/koordinates/kart/issues/666)
 
 ## 0.11.3
 
diff --git a/kart/diff.py b/kart/diff.py
index 57aa236e4..098c523e8 100644
--- a/kart/diff.py
+++ b/kart/diff.py
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 from . import diff_estimation
 from .cli_util import OutputFormatType, parse_output_format
 from .crs_util import CoordinateReferenceString
+from .exceptions import NotFound
 from .output_util import dump_json_output
 from .repo import KartRepoState
+from .structs import CommitWithReference
 
 
 def feature_count_diff(
@@ -140,10 +142,12 @@ def diff(
 
     - if supplied with the form: commit-A...commit-B - diffs between commit-A and commit-B.
 
+    - supplying two seperate refs: commit-A commit-B - also diffs between commit-A and commit-B
+
     - if supplied with the form: commit-A..commit-B - diffs between (the common ancestor of
     commit-A and commit-B) and (commit-B).
 
-    To list only particular conflicts, supply one or more FILTERS of the form [DATASET[:PRIMARY_KEY]]
+    To list only particular changes, supply one or more FILTERS of the form [DATASET[:PRIMARY_KEY]]
     """
     output_type, fmt = parse_output_format(output_format, json_style)
 
@@ -158,9 +162,20 @@ def diff(
             only_feature_count,
         )
 
+    repo = ctx.obj.get_repo(allowed_states=KartRepoState.ALL_STATES)
+
+    # Handle the `commit-A commit-B` format:
+    if commit_spec and ".." not in commit_spec and filters:
+        try:
+            if CommitWithReference.resolve(repo, filters[0]):
+                filters = list(filters)
+                extra_commit_spec = filters.pop(0)
+                commit_spec = f"{commit_spec}...{extra_commit_spec}"
+        except NotFound:
+            pass
+
     from .base_diff_writer import BaseDiffWriter
 
-    repo = ctx.obj.get_repo(allowed_states=KartRepoState.ALL_STATES)
     diff_writer_class = BaseDiffWriter.get_diff_writer_class(output_type)
     diff_writer = diff_writer_class(
         repo,
diff --git a/tests/test_diff.py b/tests/test_diff.py
index 72df7d50f..dac21f980 100644
--- a/tests/test_diff.py
+++ b/tests/test_diff.py
@@ -1092,12 +1092,14 @@ def test_diff_rev_rev(head_sha, head1_sha, data_archive_readonly, cli_runner):
         f"{head1_sha}...{head_sha}",
         f"{head1_sha}...",
         "HEAD^1...HEAD",
+        ["HEAD^1", "HEAD"],
     )
 
     R_SPECS = (
         f"{head_sha}...{head1_sha}",
         f"...{head1_sha}",
         "HEAD...HEAD^1",
+        ["HEAD", "HEAD^1"],
     )
 
     CHANGE_IDS = {
@@ -1111,7 +1113,9 @@ def test_diff_rev_rev(head_sha, head1_sha, data_archive_readonly, cli_runner):
     with data_archive_readonly("points"):
         for spec in F_SPECS:
             print(f"fwd: {spec}")
-            r = cli_runner.invoke(["diff", "--exit-code", "-o", "json", spec])
+            if isinstance(spec, str):
+                spec = [spec]
+            r = cli_runner.invoke(["diff", "--exit-code", "-o", "json", *spec])
             assert r.exit_code == 1, r
             odata = json.loads(r.stdout)["kart.diff/v1+hexwkb"]
             assert len(odata[H.POINTS.LAYER]["feature"]) == 5
@@ -1134,7 +1138,9 @@ def test_diff_rev_rev(head_sha, head1_sha, data_archive_readonly, cli_runner):
 
         for spec in R_SPECS:
             print(f"rev: {spec}")
-            r = cli_runner.invoke(["diff", "--exit-code", "-o", "json", spec])
+            if isinstance(spec, str):
+                spec = [spec]
+            r = cli_runner.invoke(["diff", "--exit-code", "-o", "json", *spec])
             assert r.exit_code == 1, r
             odata = json.loads(r.stdout)["kart.diff/v1+hexwkb"]
             assert len(odata[H.POINTS.LAYER]["feature"]) == 5