diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_tokenizer_state.fish b/share/functions/__fish_tokenizer_state.fish
index 42940f2d3..eee33eea2 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_tokenizer_state.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_tokenizer_state.fish
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function __fish_tokenizer_state --description "Print the state of the tokenizer
 
     set -l state normal
     if set -q _flag_initial_state
-        set str $_flag_initial_state
+        set state $_flag_initial_state
     end
 
     for char in (string split -- "" $argv[1])