diff --git a/docs/sample_config/default_config.nu b/docs/sample_config/default_config.nu
index 8cc335450f..166d86b7ca 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/docs/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module completions {
   #
   # This is a simplified version of completions for git branches and git remotes
   def "nu-complete git branches" [] {
-    ^git branch | lines | each { |line| $line | str find-replace '\* ' '' | str trim }
+    ^git branch | lines | each { |line| $line | str find-replace '[\*\+] ' '' | str trim }
   }
 
   def "nu-complete git remotes" [] {