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diff --git a/lisp/ecomplete.el b/lisp/ecomplete.el
index c39c6c2ff9c..d5f3fc77560 100644
--- a/lisp/ecomplete.el
+++ b/lisp/ecomplete.el
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ string that was matched."
(unless elems
(push (setq elems (list type)) ecomplete-database))
(if (setq entry (assoc key (cdr elems)))
- (setcdr entry (list (1+ (cadr entry)) now text))
+ (pcase-let ((`(,_key ,count ,_time ,oldtext) entry))
+ (setcdr entry (list (1+ count) now
+ ;; Preserve the "more complete" text.
+ (if (>= (length text) (length oldtext))
+ text oldtext))))
(nconc elems (list (list key 1 now text))))))
(defun ecomplete-get-item (type key)