diff --git a/custom-completions/ack/ack-completions.nu b/custom-completions/ack/ack-completions.nu
index 076f45dd..8478a268 100644
--- a/custom-completions/ack/ack-completions.nu
+++ b/custom-completions/ack/ack-completions.nu
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # copied from auto-generated completions
 
-extern "ack" [
+export extern "ack" [
     --ignore-case(-i)               # Ignore case
     --smart-case                    # Ignore case when pattern contains no uppercase
     --no-smart-case                 # Dont ignore case
diff --git a/custom-completions/as/as-completions.nu b/custom-completions/as/as-completions.nu
index 39d737b4..b4a3e974 100644
--- a/custom-completions/as/as-completions.nu
+++ b/custom-completions/as/as-completions.nu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Omit false conditionals
-extern "as" [
+export extern "as" [
 	--alternate					# Initially turn on alternate macro syntax
 	--nocompress-debug-sections					# Dont compress DWARF debug sections
 	--execstack					# Require executable stack for this object
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern "as" [
 ]
 
 # Generate ELF common symbols with STT_COMMON type
-extern "as yes no" [
+export extern "as yes no" [
 	--alternate					# Initially turn on alternate macro syntax
 	--nocompress-debug-sections					# Dont compress DWARF debug sections
 	--execstack					# Require executable stack for this object
diff --git a/custom-completions/tar/tar-completions.nu b/custom-completions/tar/tar-completions.nu
index a6acb139..84446004 100644
--- a/custom-completions/tar/tar-completions.nu
+++ b/custom-completions/tar/tar-completions.nu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Append archive to archive
-extern "tar" [
+export extern "tar" [
 	--concatenate(-A)					# Append archive to archive
 	--create(-c)					# Create archive
 	--compare(-d)					# Compare archive and filesystem