diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_git_prompt.fish b/share/functions/__fish_git_prompt.fish
index 64d7a748e..0515f16f6 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_git_prompt.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_git_prompt.fish
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@
 #
 # The separator before the upstream information can be customized via
 # __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_prefix.  It is colored like the rest of
-# the upstream information.  It normallly defaults to a space ( ) and defaults
-# to nothing () when __fish_git_prompt_show_informative_status is set.
+# the upstream information.  It defaults to nothing ().
 #
 #
 # Turning on __fish_git_prompt_showcolorhints changes the colors as follows to
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ function __fish_git_prompt_validate_chars --description "__fish_git_prompt helpe
 	__fish_git_prompt_set_char __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_behind   '<' '↓'
 	__fish_git_prompt_set_char __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_diverged '<>'
 	__fish_git_prompt_set_char __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_equal    '='
-	__fish_git_prompt_set_char __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_prefix   ' '
+	__fish_git_prompt_set_char __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_prefix   ''
 
 end