diff --git a/share/completions/cargo.fish b/share/completions/cargo.fish
index 915671a2c..a12f2874f 100644
--- a/share/completions/cargo.fish
+++ b/share/completions/cargo.fish
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a git-checkout -d 'This subcomman
 complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a init -d 'Create a new cargo package in an existing directory'
 complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a install -d 'Install a Rust binary. Default location is $HOME/.cargo/bin'
 complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a locate-project -d 'Print a JSON representation of a Cargo.toml file\'s location'
-complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a login -d 'Save an api token from the registry locally. If token is not specified, it will be read from stdin.'
+complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a login -d 'Save an API token from argument or stdin for authentication'
 complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a logout -d 'Remove an API token from the registry locally'
 complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a metadata -d 'Output the resolved dependencies of a package in machine-readable format'
 complete -c cargo -n __fish_use_subcommand -f -a new -d 'Create a new cargo package at <path>'
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -s Z -d 'Unstable (n
 complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -s q -l quiet -d 'Do not print cargo log messages'
 complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -l all-features -d 'Activate all available features'
 complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -l no-default-features -d 'Do not activate the `default` feature'
-complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -l no-deps -d 'Output information only about the workspace members and don\'t fetch dependencies'
+complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -l no-deps -d 'Describe the workspace members without fetching dependencies'
 complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -s h -l help -d 'Prints help information'
 complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -s V -l version -d 'Prints version information'
 complete -c cargo -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from metadata" -s v -l verbose -d 'Use verbose output (-vv very verbose/build.rs output)'