diff --git a/share/completions/dpkg-reconfigure.fish b/share/completions/dpkg-reconfigure.fish
index 144fe734f..bd7624d57 100644
--- a/share/completions/dpkg-reconfigure.fish
+++ b/share/completions/dpkg-reconfigure.fish
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ complete -x -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -s h -l help     --description 'Display help'
 # General options
 complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -s f -l frontend -r -a "dialog readline noninteractive gnome kde editor web" --description 'Set configuration frontend'
 complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -s p -l priority -r -a "low medium high critical" --description 'Set priority threshold'
-complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -l default-priority --description 'Use default priority threshold'
+complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -l default-priority --description "Use current default ("(echo get debconf/priority | debconf-communicate | string match -r '\w+$')") priority threshold"
 complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -s u -l unseen-only --description 'Show only unseen question'
 complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -l force --description 'Reconfigure also inconsistent packages'
 complete -f -c dpkg-reconfigure -l no-reload --description 'Prevent reloading templates'