diff --git a/autocomplete/fish_autocomplete b/autocomplete/fish_autocomplete
index 7aa7d0a8ba..6714f75e0b 100644
--- a/autocomplete/fish_autocomplete
+++ b/autocomplete/fish_autocomplete
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This is a shell completion script auto-generated by https://github.com/urfave/cli for fish.
 
-function __%[1]_perform_completion
+function __%[1]s_perform_completion
     # Extract all args except the last one
     set -l args (commandline -opc)
     # Extract the last arg (partial input)
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ function __%[1]_perform_completion
     end
 
     for line in $results
-        if not string match -q -- "%[1]*" $line
+        if not string match -q -- "%[1]s*" $line
             set -l parts (string split -m 1 ":" -- "$line")
             if test (count $parts) -eq 2
-                printf "%s\t%s\n" "$parts[1]" "$parts[2]"
+                printf "%%s\t%%s\n" "$parts[1]" "$parts[2]"
             else
-                printf "%s\n" "$line"
+                printf "%%s\n" "$line"
             end
         end
     end
 end
 
-# Clear existing completions for %[1]
-complete -c %[1] -e
+# Clear existing completions for %[1]s
+complete -c %[1]s -e
 # Register completion function
-complete -c %[1] -f -a '(__%[1]_perform_completion)'
\ No newline at end of file
+complete -c %[1]s -f -a '(__%[1]s_perform_completion)'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/completion_test.go b/completion_test.go
index 4f921c3f75..b53e4b90f8 100644
--- a/completion_test.go
+++ b/completion_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,36 @@ func TestCompletionShell(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCompletionFishFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	// Regression test for https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/2285
+	// Fish completion was broken due to incorrect format specifiers
+
+	cmd := &Command{
+		Name:                  "myapp",
+		EnableShellCompletion: true,
+	}
+
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	// Test the fish shell completion renderer directly
+	fishRender := shellCompletions["fish"]
+	r.NotNil(fishRender, "fish completion renderer should exist")
+
+	output, err := fishRender(cmd, "myapp")
+	r.NoError(err)
+
+	// Verify the function name is correctly formatted
+	r.Contains(output, "function __myapp_perform_completion", "function name should contain app name")
+
+	// Verify no format errors (like %! or (string=) which indicate broken fmt.Sprintf)
+	r.NotContains(output, "%!", "output should not contain format errors")
+	r.NotContains(output, "(string=", "output should not contain invalid fish syntax")
+
+	// Verify the complete commands reference the app correctly
+	r.Contains(output, "complete -c myapp", "complete command should reference app name")
+	r.Contains(output, "(__myapp_perform_completion)", "completion function should be registered")
+}
+
 func TestCompletionSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string