diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts
index 38c422b4090b..818cdb13e7ef 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ You can also set the deploymentBranch property in docusaurus.config.js .`);
     }
     shellExecLog('git add --all');
 
+    const gitUserName = process.env.GIT_USER_NAME;
+    if (gitUserName) {
+      shellExecLog(`git config user.name "${gitUserName}"`);
+    }
+
+    const gitUserEmail = process.env.GIT_USER_EMAIL;
+    if (gitUserEmail) {
+      shellExecLog(`git config user.email "${gitUserEmail}"`);
+    }
+
     const commitMessage =
       process.env.CUSTOM_COMMIT_MESSAGE ??
       `Deploy website - based on ${currentCommit}`;
diff --git a/website/docs/deployment.mdx b/website/docs/deployment.mdx
index 512c30b6cb71..26365895becc 100644
--- a/website/docs/deployment.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/deployment.mdx
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ By default, GitHub Pages runs published files through [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.
 | `GIT_USER` | The username for a GitHub account that **has push access to the deployment repo**. For your own repositories, this will usually be your GitHub username. Required if not using SSH, and ignored otherwise. |
 | `GIT_PASS` | Personal access token of the git user (specified by `GIT_USER`), to facilitate non-interactive deployment (e.g. continuous deployment) |
 | `CURRENT_BRANCH` | The source branch. Usually, the branch will be `main` or `master`, but it could be any branch except for `gh-pages`. If nothing is set for this variable, then the current branch from which `docusaurus deploy` is invoked will be used. |
+| `GIT_USER_NAME` | The `git config user.name` value to use when pushing to the deployment repo |
+| `GIT_USER_EMAIL` | The `git config user.email` value to use when pushing to the deployment repo |
 
 GitHub enterprise installations should work in the same manner as github.com; you only need to set the organization's GitHub Enterprise host as an environment variable: