From c6d4702c0be4d2b37e1d82ff96265c52847c3f9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 17:36:06 -0400
Subject: feat: partial commands now always work

---
 data/help/alias.yaml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'data/help/alias.yaml')

diff --git a/data/help/alias.yaml b/data/help/alias.yaml
index 2caf8ed..e5f822b 100644
--- a/data/help/alias.yaml
+++ b/data/help/alias.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ description: |
   to "kill man".
 
   Aliases resolve before built-in commands. An alias can shadow an
-  existing command name.
+  existing command name. Aliases match by exact name only: a partial
+  word never expands an alias, and aliases never join the prefix
+  vocabulary. So with an alias "kim", "ki man" still runs kill, but
+  an alias named "ki" runs itself and kill is not considered.
 
 aliases:
   - "unalias"
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