diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
index c5ee5811e4..7f52668151 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ $env.config = {
         case_sensitive: false # set to true to enable case-sensitive completions
         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
+        algorithm: "prefix"    # prefix or fuzzy or substring
         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