diff --git a/share/functions/alias.fish b/share/functions/alias.fish
index 18e50db94..101a28aaf 100644
--- a/share/functions/alias.fish
+++ b/share/functions/alias.fish
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function alias --description 'Creates a function wrapping a command'
     end
 
     # The function definition in split in two lines to ensure that a '#' can be put in the body.
-    echo "function $name $wraps --description $cmd_string"\n"$body \$argv"\n"end" | source
+    echo "function $name $wraps --description $cmd_string"\n"    $body \$argv"\n"end" | source
     if set -q _flag_save
         funcsave $name
     end