diff --git a/share/completions/function.fish b/share/completions/function.fish
index 2b9509bc4..e4fe0daf9 100644
--- a/share/completions/function.fish
+++ b/share/completions/function.fish
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ complete -c function -s j -l on-job-exit --description "Make the function a job
 complete -c function -s p -l on-process-exit --description "Make the function a process exit event handler" -x
 complete -c function -s s -l on-signal --description "Make the function a signal event handler" -x
 complete -c function -s v -l on-variable --description "Make the function a variable update event handler" -x
-complete -c function -s v -l on-event --description "Make the function a generic event handler" -x
+complete -c function -s e -l on-event --description "Make the function a generic event handler" -x
 complete -c function -s b -l key-binding --description "Allow dash (-) in function name"
 complete -c function -s a -l argument-names --description "Specify named arguments"
 complete -c function -s S -l no-scope-shadowing --description "Do not shadow variable scope of calling function"