diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs
index 9215f92b15..0a516c63fa 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/custom_completions.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl Completer for CustomCompletion {
                                 None => completion_options.match_algorithm,
                             },
                             sort: if should_sort {
-                                CompletionSort::Alpha
+                                CompletionSort::Alphabetical
                             } else {
                                 CompletionSort::Default
                             },
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs
index 0cf2d0117e..453832ab0c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ fn fuzzy_alpha_sort_completer() -> NuCompleter {
 
     let config = r#"
         $env.config.completions.algorithm = "fuzzy"
-        $env.config.completions.sort = "alpha"
+        $env.config.completions.sort = "alphabetical"
     "#;
     assert!(support::merge_input(config.as_bytes(), &mut engine, &mut stack, dir).is_ok());
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs
index 92e7fac73f..b2f7ccb3c3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/config/completer.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl ReconstructVal for CompletionAlgorithm {
 pub enum CompletionSort {
     #[default]
     Default,
-    Alpha,
+    Alphabetical,
 }
 
 impl FromStr for CompletionSort {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl FromStr for CompletionSort {
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         match s.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
             "default" => Ok(Self::Default),
-            "alpha" => Ok(Self::Alpha),
+            "alphabetical" => Ok(Self::Alphabetical),
             _ => Err("expected either 'default' or 'alpha'"),
         }
     }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl ReconstructVal for CompletionSort {
     fn reconstruct_value(&self, span: Span) -> Value {
         let str = match self {
             Self::Default => "default",
-            Self::Alpha => "alpha",
+            Self::Alphabetical => "alphabetical",
         };
         Value::string(str, span)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
index fd86d0ef0f..3b4fbe0dc7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ $env.config = {
         quick: true    # set this to false to prevent auto-selecting completions when only one remains
         partial: true    # set this to false to prevent partial filling of the prompt
         algorithm: "prefix"    # prefix or fuzzy
-        sort: "default" # default (choose based on algorithm) or alpha (always sort alphabetically)
+        sort: "default" # "default" (choose based on algorithm) or "alphabetical"
         external: {
             enable: true # set to false to prevent nushell looking into $env.PATH to find more suggestions, `false` recommended for WSL users as this look up may be very slow
             max_results: 100 # setting it lower can improve completion performance at the cost of omitting some options