diff --git a/devel/201_2977.md b/devel/201_2977.md
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diff --git a/src/Edit/Interface/edit_complete.cpp b/src/Edit/Interface/edit_complete.cpp
index 1257208dca..cfd8961033 100644
--- a/src/Edit/Interface/edit_complete.cpp
+++ b/src/Edit/Interface/edit_complete.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ edit_interface_rep::session_complete_command (tree tt) {
   if (pos == -1) return "";
   s= s (0, pos) * s (pos + N (cursor_symbol), N (s));
   // cout << s << ", " << pos << LF;
+  set_input_normal ();
   return "(complete " * scm_quote (s) * " " * as_string (pos) * ")";
 }