diff --git a/docs/shell-integration.rst b/docs/shell-integration.rst
index a20bc2b5d..134240227 100644
--- a/docs/shell-integration.rst
+++ b/docs/shell-integration.rst
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ Then in your shell's rc file, add the lines:
     .. code-block:: fish
 
         set --global KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION enabled
-        source (kitty +runpy "from kitty.shell_integration import script_path; print(script_path('fish'))")
-        set --prepend fish_complete_path (kitty +runpy "from kitty.shell_integration import fish_completions_dir; print(fish_completions_dir)")
+        set --path --local kitty_paths (kitty +runpy 'from kitty.shell_integration import print_fish_paths; print_fish_paths()')
+        source kitty_paths[2]
+        set --prepend fish_complete_path kitty_paths[1]
+        set --erase kitty_paths
 
 
 You can get the path to the directory containing the various shell integration
diff --git a/kitty/shell_integration.py b/kitty/shell_integration.py
index dce8046bb..89bdd2717 100644
--- a/kitty/shell_integration.py
+++ b/kitty/shell_integration.py
@@ -149,3 +149,7 @@ def script_path(shell: str = '') -> str:
     else:
         f = f'kitty.{shell}'
     return os.path.join(shell_integration_dir, f)
+
+
+def print_fish_paths() -> None:
+    print(fish_completions_dir, script_path('fish'), sep=os.pathsep)
diff --git a/kitty/utils.py b/kitty/utils.py
index 0a3d4bc9c..3f9233589 100644
--- a/kitty/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/utils.py
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@ def is_kitty_gui_cmdline(*cmd: str) -> bool:
 
 def reload_conf_in_all_kitties() -> None:
     import signal
+    from kitty.child import cmdline_of_process
 
-    from kitty.child import cmdline_of_process  # type: ignore
     for pid in get_all_processes():
         try:
             cmd = cmdline_of_process(pid)