diff --git a/shell/.config/readline/inputrc b/shell/.config/readline/inputrc
index b16ee82..00574a7 100644
--- a/shell/.config/readline/inputrc
+++ b/shell/.config/readline/inputrc
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 $include /etc/inputrc
 
 # zsh-style prefix history search: type a prefix, Up/Down walk matching
-# history entries with cursor at END of line. Empty prefix = previous/next.
+# history entries. Empty prefix = previous/next.
 #
-# Readline's history-search-* leaves the cursor at the prefix boundary, not the
-# end (that's why zsh needs its history-search-end widget). There's no built-in
-# "search then go to end", so: bind the real functions to throwaway keys, then
-# bind the arrows to a MACRO that runs the search and then end-of-line (\C-e).
-"\C-x\C-p": history-search-backward
-"\C-x\C-n": history-search-forward
-"\e[A": "\C-x\C-p\C-e"
-"\e[B": "\C-x\C-n\C-e"
-"\eOA": "\C-x\C-p\C-e"
-"\eOB": "\C-x\C-n\C-e"
+# Bind arrows straight to the search functions. Do NOT wrap in a macro that
+# appends end-of-line (\C-e) to mimic zsh's cursor-at-end: \C-e moves point to
+# the line end, and history-search-* takes its prefix from start-of-line to
+# point -- so the next press searches for the whole recalled line, finds
+# nothing, and Up/Down go dead. Pure readline has no history-search-end widget;
+# cursor lands at the prefix boundary, which is readline's intended behavior.
+"\e[A": history-search-backward
+"\e[B": history-search-forward
+"\eOA": history-search-backward
+"\eOB": history-search-forward