diff --git a/cookbook/external_completers.md b/cookbook/external_completers.md
index b08386f63e5..eb6934d9c4e 100644
--- a/cookbook/external_completers.md
+++ b/cookbook/external_completers.md
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ This completer will use [the fish shell](https://fishshell.com/) to handle compl
 
 ```nu
 let fish_completer = {|spans|
-    fish --command $"complete '--do-complete=($spans | str join ' ')'"
+    fish --command $"complete '--do-complete=($spans | str replace "'" "\\'" | str join ' ')'"
     | from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer
     | rename value description
     | update value {
-        if ($in | path exists) {$'"($in | str replace "\"" "\\\"" )"'} else {$in}
+        if ($in | path exists) {$'"($in | path expand --no-symlink | str replace --all "\"" "\\\"" )"'} else {$in}
     }
 }
 ```