3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/fabric/README.md b/plugins/fabric/README.md
index cf0fa81f4..f121d2ed8 100644
--- a/plugins/fabric/README.md
+++ b/plugins/fabric/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ This plugin provides completion for [Fabric](https://www.fabfile.org/).
 
 To use it add fabric to the plugins array in your zshrc file.
 
-```bash
+```zsh
 plugins=(... fabric)
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/fabric/_fabric b/plugins/fabric/_fab
index 9628e1224..9102dadef 100644
--- a/plugins/fabric/_fabric
+++ b/plugins/fabric/_fab
@@ -4,10 +4,19 @@
 local curcontext=$curcontext state line
 declare -A opt_args
 
-declare target_list
-target_list=(`fab --shortlist 2>/dev/null`)
+declare -a target_list
+target_list=("${(@f)$(fab -l 2>/dev/null | awk '{
+    if (NF == 0 || NR == 1) next
+    if (NF < 2) print $1
+    else {
+        docstring=substr($0, index($0,$2))
+        gsub(":", "\\:", docstring)
+        print $1":"docstring
+    }
+}')}")
 
-_targets() {
+_fab_targets() {
+    [[ -n "$target_list" ]] || return
     _describe -t commands "fabric targets" target_list
 }
 
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ _arguments -w -S -C \
   '(-)--shortlist[print non-verbose list of possible commands and exit]: :->noargs' \
   '(--reject-unknown-hosts)--reject-unknown-hosts[reject unknown hosts]' \
   '(--no-pty)--no-pty[do not use pseudo-terminal in run/sudo]' \
-  "(-d+ --display=-)"{-d+,--display=-}"[print detailed info about a given command]: :_targets" \
+  "(-d+ --display=-)"{-d+,--display=-}"[print detailed info about a given command]: :_fab_targets" \
   '(-D --disable-known-hosts)'{-D,--disable-known-hosts}'[do not load user known_hosts file]' \
   '(-r --reject-unknown-hosts)'{-r,--reject-unknown-hosts}'[reject unknown hosts]' \
   '(-u+ --user=-)'{-u+,--user=-}'[username to use when connecting to remote hosts]: :' \
@@ -53,7 +62,7 @@ if [[ CURRENT -ge 1 ]]; then
         levels)
             _describe -t commands "output levels" output_levels;;
         *)
-            _targets;;
+            _fab_targets;;
     esac
 
     return
diff --git a/plugins/fabric/fabric.plugin.zsh b/plugins/fabric/fabric.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/fabric/fabric.plugin.zsh