diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40eb3c0..64b4b38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,7 +208,41 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_FOR_UPDATES }}
 ```
 
-## With GPG commit signing
+## Commit signature
+It is possible to sign commits.
+There are two ways to do this:
+- Automatically, based on the token provided (in this case the commit will be signed as github-actions[bot] when using GITHUB_TOKEN, or your own bot when using GitHub App tokens)
+- Manually, by providing a GPG key, passphrase and optionally a fingerprint
+
+### Automatically
+
+To automatically sign commits, set the `sign-commits` input to `true`.
+This will use the token provided to sign the commits.
+Here's an example of how to using this action with commit signing:
+
+```yaml
+name: update-flake-lock
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1,4' # Run twice a week
+
+jobs:
+  lockfile:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Determinate Nix
+        uses: DeterminateSystems/determinate-nix-action@v3
+      - name: Update flake.lock
+        uses: DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock@main
+        with:
+          sign-commits: true
+```
+
+### With GPG commit signing
 
 It's possible for the bot to produce GPG-signed commits.
 Associating a GPG public key to a GitHub user account isn't required but it *is* necessary if you want the signed commits to appear as verified in Github.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 2ed0d92..276b12a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ inputs:
       GitHub Actions will not run workflows on pull requests which are opened by a GitHub Action.
 
       **To run GitHub Actions workflows on this PR, close and re-open this pull request.**
-
   pr-labels:
     description: "A comma or newline separated list of labels to set on the Pull Request to be created"
     required: false
@@ -72,7 +71,9 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
   sign-commits:
-    description: "Set to true if the action should sign the commit with GPG"
+    description: "Set to true if the action should sign the commit"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
     required: false
     default: "false"
   gpg-private-key:
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Import bot's GPG key for signing commits
-      if: ${{ inputs.sign-commits == 'true' }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.gpg-private-key != '' }}
       id: import-gpg
       uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@e89d40939c28e39f97cf32126055eeae86ba74ec # v6.3.0
       with:
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ runs:
         git_config_global: true
         git_user_signingkey: true
         git_commit_gpgsign: true
-    - name: Set environment variables (signed commits)
-      if: ${{ inputs.sign-commits == 'true' }}
+    - name: Set environment variables (signed commits with GPG)
+      if: ${{ inputs.gpg-private-key != '' }}
       shell: bash
       env:
         GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: ${{ steps.import-gpg.outputs.name }}
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ runs:
         echo "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=<$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL>" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Set environment variables (unsigned commits)
-      if: ${{ inputs.sign-commits != 'true' }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.gpg-private-key == '' && inputs.sign-commits != 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=${{ inputs.git-author-name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ runs:
       run: rm -f pr_body.txt pr_body.template
     - name: Create PR
       id: create-pr
-      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@6d6857d36972b65feb161a90e484f2984215f83e # v6.0.5
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
       with:
         base: ${{ inputs.base }}
         branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
@@ -215,3 +216,4 @@ runs:
         labels: ${{ inputs.pr-labels }}
         reviewers: ${{ inputs.pr-reviewers }}
         body: ${{ steps.pr_body.outputs.content }}
+        sign-commits: ${{ inputs.sign-commits }}