diff --git a/init/fish_function.fish b/init/fish_function.fish
index 4a4c8af3b..413a2515a 100644
--- a/init/fish_function.fish
+++ b/init/fish_function.fish
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ end
 
 function prompt_pwd -d "Print the current working directory, shortend to fit the prompt"
 	if test "$PWD" != "$HOME"
-		printf "%s" (echo $PWD|sed -e "s|^$HOME|~|" -e 's-/\([^/]\)\([^/]*\)-/\1-g')
+		printf "%s" (echo $PWD|sed -e 's|/private||' -e "s|^$HOME|~|" -e 's-/\([^/]\)\([^/]*\)-/\1-g')
 		echo $PWD|sed -e 's-.*/[^/]\([^/]*$\)-\1-'
 	else
 		echo '~'
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ end
 #
 
 function pwd -d "Print working directory"
-	command pwd | sed -e "s|^$HOME|~|"
+	command pwd | sed -e 's|/private||' -e "s|^$HOME|~|"
 end
 
 #