nnn.1             | 1 +
 plugins/README.md | 1 +
 plugins/suedit    | 4 ++--

diff --git a/nnn.1 b/nnn.1
index f5b50185e4aba9eb972373a44c014582f79faf20..0c595cd998d1c1298113ac047c3be9cc7674b0ed 100644
--- a/nnn.1
+++ b/nnn.1
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@     EXAMPLES:
     ----------------------------------- + -------------------------------------------------
                 Key:Command             |                   Description
     ----------------------------------- + -------------------------------------------------
+    e:-!sudo -E vim $nnn*               | Edit file as root in vim
     g:-!git diff                        | Show git diff
     h:-!hx $nnn*                        | Open hovered file in hx hex editor
     k:-!fuser -kiv $nnn*                | Interactively kill process(es) using hovered file
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 0acef1d7f826a70c7fe6b222a2d179694f6cc9db..715cd4e427090c7a4333efbe1cbf9bed4c3c979c 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ #### Some useful key-command examples
 
 | Key:Command | Description |
 |---|---|
+| `e:-!sudo -E vim $nnn*` | Edit file as root in vim |
 | `g:-!git diff` | Show git diff |
 | `h:-!hx $nnn*` | Open hovered file in [hx](https://github.com/krpors/hx) hex editor |
 | `k:-!fuser -kiv $nnn*` | Interactively kill process(es) using hovered file |
diff --git a/plugins/suedit b/plugins/suedit
index e0fdfb5d6633005653c7c63cae8af7d0a045c52e..21dddf4810dc1dafe11f24cc9f3cb2fc718f77fe 100755
--- a/plugins/suedit
+++ b/plugins/suedit
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vim}"
 
 if type sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    sudo "$EDITOR" "$1"
+    sudo -E "$EDITOR" "$1"
 elif type sudoedit >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    sudoedit "$1"
+    sudoedit -E "$1"
 elif type doas >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     doas "$EDITOR" "$1"
 fi