diff --git a/commands/completion/completion.go b/commands/completion/completion.go
index 82476b18227f7ac3dab790367f2f4fca2def0759..958b00479bfbb0afe44afe462c8d26b45039f993 100644
--- a/commands/completion/completion.go
+++ b/commands/completion/completion.go
@@ -58,7 +58,15 @@ func NewCmdCompletion(io *iostreams.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 		To load completions in your current shell session:
 		
 		%[2]splaintext
-		source "$(glab completion -s zsh); compdef _glab glab
+		source <(glab completion -s zsh); compdef _glab glab
+		%[2]s
+
+		If using the 1Password shell plugin <https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/shell-plugins/gitlab/>
+		to authenticate, you may need to add the following to your ~/.zshrc file so zsh does not expand
+		aliases before performing completion:
+		
+		%[2]splaintext
+		setopt completealiases
 		%[2]s
 		
 		To load completions for every new session, execute once:
diff --git a/docs/source/completion/index.md b/docs/source/completion/index.md
index 400645fc026396f25abb8c439d32eedff200fa82..77ebcd758e95299a30ec33698fcf8a81bb59cc16 100755
--- a/docs/source/completion/index.md
+++ b/docs/source/completion/index.md
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@ echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc
 To load completions in your current shell session:
 
 ```plaintext
-source "$(glab completion -s zsh); compdef _glab glab
+source <(glab completion -s zsh); compdef _glab glab
+```
+
+If using the 1Password shell plugin <https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/shell-plugins/gitlab/>
+to authenticate, you may need to add the following to your ~/.zshrc file so zsh does not expand
+aliases before performing completion:
+
+```plaintext
+setopt completealiases
 ```
 
 To load completions for every new session, execute once: