diff --git a/init/completions/status.fish b/init/completions/status.fish
index 01d7a1154..8f6fcc14c 100644
--- a/init/completions/status.fish
+++ b/init/completions/status.fish
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ complete -c status -l is-login -d (_ "Test if this is a login shell")
 complete -c status -l is-full-job-control -d (_ "Test if all new jobs are put under job control")
 complete -c status -l is-interactive-job-control -d (_ "Test if only interactive new jobs are put under job control")
 complete -c status -l is-no-job-control -d (_ "Test if new jobs are never put under job control")
-complete -c status -s j -l job-control -a "full interactive none" -d (_ "Set which jobs are out under job control") 
+complete -c status -s j -l job-control -xa "full interactive none" -d (_ "Set which jobs are out under job control") 
 complete -c status -s t -l print-stack-trace -d (_ "Print a list of all function calls leading up to running the current command")