diff --git a/share/completions/latexmk.fish b/share/completions/latexmk.fish
index ac1dc5eeb..d8b4b7874 100644
--- a/share/completions/latexmk.fish
+++ b/share/completions/latexmk.fish
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@ complete -c latexmk -o bm -x -d 'Print message across the page when converting t
 complete -c latexmk -o bi -x -d 'Set contrast or intensity of banner'
 complete -c latexmk -o bs -x -d 'Set scale for banner'
 complete -c latexmk -o commands -d 'list commands used by latexmk for processing files'
-complete -c latexmk -o c -d 'clean up (remove) all nonessential files, except dvi, ps and pdf files'
-complete -c latexmk -o C -o CA -d 'clean up (remove) all nonessential files'
-complete -c latexmk -o CF -d 'Remove file of database of file information before doing other actions'
+complete -c latexmk -o c -d 'Delete all nonessential files, except dvi, ps and pdf files'
+complete -c latexmk -o C -o CA -d 'Delete all nonessential files'
+complete -c latexmk -o CF -d 'Delete database file information file before other actions'
 complete -c latexmk -o cd -d 'Change to directory of source file when processing it'
-complete -c latexmk -o cd- -d 'Do NOT change to directory of source file when processing it'
+complete -c latexmk -o cd- -d "Don't change to directory of source file when processing it"
 complete -c latexmk -o dependents -o -deps -d 'Show list of dependent files after processing'
 complete -c latexmk -o dependents- -o -deps- -d 'Do not show list of dependent files'
-complete -c latexmk -o deps-out= -r -d 'Set name of output file for dependency list, and turn on showing of dependency list'
+complete -c latexmk -o deps-out= -r -d 'Set dependency list file name, show dependency list'
 complete -c latexmk -o dF -x -d 'Filter to apply to dvi file'
 complete -c latexmk -o dvi -d 'generate dvi'
 complete -c latexmk -o dvi- -d 'turn off required dvi'
-complete -c latexmk -o e -x -d 'Execute specified Perl code (as part of latexmk start-up code)'
+complete -c latexmk -o e -x -d 'Execute specified Perl code on start-up'
 complete -c latexmk -o f -d 'force continued processing past errors'
 complete -c latexmk -o f- -d 'turn off forced continuing processing past errors'
 complete -c latexmk -o gg -d 'Super go mode: clean out generated files before processing'
 complete -c latexmk -o g -d 'process regardless of file timestamps'
 complete -c latexmk -o g- -d 'Turn off -g'
 complete -c latexmk -o h -o help -d 'print help'
-complete -c latexmk -o jobname= -x -d 'set basename of output file(s) to STRING'
+complete -c latexmk -o jobname= -x -d 'set basename of output files to STRING'
 complete -c latexmk -o l -d 'force landscape mode'
 complete -c latexmk -o l- -d 'turn off -l'
 complete -c latexmk -o latex= -d 'set program used for latex' -xa '(__fish_complete_command)'