diff --git a/share/completions/contains.fish b/share/completions/contains.fish
index b691c833d..3d8fba876 100644
--- a/share/completions/contains.fish
+++ b/share/completions/contains.fish
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-complete -c contains -s h -l help -d "Display help"
+complete -c contains -s h -l help -d "Display help and exit"
 complete -c contains -s i -l index -d "Print index of first match"
diff --git a/share/completions/disown.fish b/share/completions/disown.fish
index 07714febb..4ef060f1c 100644
--- a/share/completions/disown.fish
+++ b/share/completions/disown.fish
@@ -1 +1 @@
-complete -c disown -s h -l help -d "Display help"
+complete -c disown -s h -l help -d "Display help and exit"
diff --git a/share/completions/emit.fish b/share/completions/emit.fish
index ec41df80b..585b7230b 100644
--- a/share/completions/emit.fish
+++ b/share/completions/emit.fish
@@ -1 +1 @@
-complete -c emit -s h -l help -d "Display help"
+complete -c emit -s h -l help -d "Display help and exit"
diff --git a/share/completions/pwd.fish b/share/completions/pwd.fish
index ad1043a18..883f6b695 100644
--- a/share/completions/pwd.fish
+++ b/share/completions/pwd.fish
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-complete -c pwd -s h -l help -d "Display help"
+complete -c pwd -s h -l help -d "Display help and exit"
 complete -c pwd -s L -l logical -d "Print working directory without resolving symlinks"
 complete -c pwd -s P -l physical -d "Print working directory with symlinks resolved"