diff --git a/share/completions/pkill.fish b/share/completions/pkill.fish
index 00e350b94..8aa5538e3 100644
--- a/share/completions/pkill.fish
+++ b/share/completions/pkill.fish
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 __fish_complete_pgrep pkill
 __fish_make_completion_signals
 for i in $__kill_signals
-    echo $i | read number name
+    echo $i | read -l number name
     complete -c pkill -o $number -d $name
     complete -c pkill -o $name -d $name
 end