diff --git a/init/completions/modprobe.fish b/init/completions/modprobe.fish
index af0e35d28..1b0395ecf 100644
--- a/init/completions/modprobe.fish
+++ b/init/completions/modprobe.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+#
+# Completions for the modprobe command
+#
 
-complete -c modprobe -d Module -a "/sbin/modprobe -l|sed -re 's/\/.*\/([^\/.]*).*/\1/'"
+complete -c modprobe -d Module -a "(/sbin/modprobe -l | sed -re 's/\/.*\/([^\/.]*).*/\1/')"
 complete -c modprobe -s v -l verbose -d "Print messages about what the program is doing"
 complete -c modprobe -s C -l config -d "Configuration file" -r
 complete -c modprobe -s c -l showconfig -d "Dump configuration file"
diff --git a/init/completions/set_color.fish b/init/completions/set_color.fish
index 33706f7bf..fe5513419 100644
--- a/init/completions/set_color.fish
+++ b/init/completions/set_color.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set -g __fish_colors black red green brown blue magenta cyan white normal
 
 complete -c set_color -x -d "Color" -a '$__fish_colors'
-complete -c set_color -s b -l background -x -a '$__fish_colors'
-complete -c set_color -s o -l bold -a 'Make font bold'
+complete -c set_color -s b -l background -x -a '$__fish_colors' -d "Change background color"
+complete -c set_color -s o -l bold -d 'Make font bold'