diff --git a/share/completions/git.fish b/share/completions/git.fish
index ff6cc3971..8ba1934a7 100644
--- a/share/completions/git.fish
+++ b/share/completions/git.fish
@@ -1072,7 +1072,8 @@ complete -f -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command describe' -l first-parent -d 'Fo
 ### diff
 complete -c git -n __fish_git_needs_command -a diff -d 'Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc'
 complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff; and not contains -- -- (commandline -opc)' -a '(__fish_git_ranges)'
-complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff' -l cached -d 'Show diff of changes in the index (same as --staged)'
+complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff' -l cached -d 'Show diff of changes in the index'
+complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff' -l staged -d 'Show diff of changes in the index'
 complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff' -l no-index -d 'Compare two paths on the filesystem'
 complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff' -l exit-code -d 'Exit with 1 if there were differences or 0 if no differences'
 complete -c git -n '__fish_git_using_command diff' -s q -l quiet -d 'Disable all output of the program, implies --exit-code'