diff --git a/yazi-widgets/src/input/commands/complete.rs b/yazi-widgets/src/input/commands/complete.rs
index d2986542..6b2ebf45 100644
--- a/yazi-widgets/src/input/commands/complete.rs
+++ b/yazi-widgets/src/input/commands/complete.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ const SEPARATOR: char = std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
 impl Input {
 	pub fn complete(&mut self, opt: CompleteOpt) -> Result<Data> {
 		let (before, after) = self.partition();
+
+		// Strip the remainder of the current path component from `after`, so that
+		// completing when the cursor is in the middle of a word replaces the entire
+		// word instead of appending the completion before the leftover suffix.
+		// e.g. input "/home/user/D|oc" (cursor at |) completing "Documents/" should
+		// yield "/home/user/Documents/", not "/home/user/Documents/oc".
+		let after = match after.find(SEPARATOR) {
+			Some(i) => &after[i..],
+			None => "",
+		};
+
 		let new = if let Some((prefix, _)) = before.rsplit_once(SEPARATOR) {
 			format!("{prefix}/{}{after}", opt.completable()).replace(SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR)
 		} else {