diff --git a/completions.go b/completions.go
index 5070becc0..5788674ff 100644
--- a/completions.go
+++ b/completions.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func (c *Command) initCompleteCmd(args []string) {
 				// 2- Even without completions, we need to print the directive
 			}
 
-			noDescriptions := cmd.CalledAs() == ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd || GetEnvConfig(cmd, configEnvVarSuffixDescriptions) == configEnvVarDescriptionsOff
+			noDescriptions := cmd.CalledAs() == ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd || getEnvConfig(cmd, configEnvVarSuffixDescriptions) == configEnvVarDescriptionsOff
 			noActiveHelp := GetActiveHelpConfig(finalCmd) == activeHelpGlobalDisable
 			out := finalCmd.OutOrStdout()
 			for _, comp := range completions {
@@ -920,12 +920,12 @@ func configEnvVar(name, suffix string) string {
 	return v
 }
 
-// GetEnvConfig returns the value of the configuration environment variable
+// getEnvConfig returns the value of the configuration environment variable
 // <PROGRAM>_<SUFFIX> where <PROGRAM> is the name of the root command in upper
 // case, with all non-ASCII-alphanumeric characters replaced by `_`.
 // If the value is empty or not set, the value of the environment variable
 // COBRA_<SUFFIX> is returned instead.
-func GetEnvConfig(cmd *Command, suffix string) string {
+func getEnvConfig(cmd *Command, suffix string) string {
 	v := os.Getenv(configEnvVar(cmd.Root().Name(), suffix))
 	if v == "" {
 		v = os.Getenv(configEnvVar(configEnvVarGlobalPrefix, suffix))
diff --git a/completions_test.go b/completions_test.go
index 213c17a83..c8af7e8f6 100644
--- a/completions_test.go
+++ b/completions_test.go
@@ -3586,7 +3586,7 @@ func TestGetEnvConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			defer assertNoErr(t, os.Unsetenv(tc.globalVar))
 			assertNoErr(t, err)
 			cmd := &Command{Use: tc.use}
-			got := GetEnvConfig(cmd, tc.suffix)
+			got := getEnvConfig(cmd, tc.suffix)
 			if got != tc.expected {
 				t.Errorf("expected: %q, got: %q", tc.expected, got)
 			}