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@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ easy to fork and contribute any changes back upstream.
 
         And add this to `~/.config/fish/config.fish`:
         ~~~ fish
-        status is-login; and pyenv init --path | source
+        status is-interactive; and pyenv init --path | source
         ~~~
 
         If Fish is not your login shell, also follow the Bash/Zsh instructions to add to `~/.profile`.