diff --git a/src/completion/base.rs b/src/completion/base.rs
index 00f2f778..c80f2e1a 100644
--- a/src/completion/base.rs
+++ b/src/completion/base.rs
@@ -93,3 +93,10 @@ pub struct Suggestion {
     /// This helps to avoid that a completer repeats the complete suggestion.
     pub append_whitespace: bool,
 }
+
+impl Suggestion {
+    /// Returns display if set, otherwise value.
+    pub fn display_or_value(&self) -> &String {
+        self.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&self.value)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/menu/columnar_menu.rs b/src/menu/columnar_menu.rs
index 107dabb9..c86de0ad 100644
--- a/src/menu/columnar_menu.rs
+++ b/src/menu/columnar_menu.rs
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ impl ColumnarMenu {
                             .reverse()
                             .prefix(),
                         self.color.selected_text_style.prefix(),
-                        suggestion.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&suggestion.value),
+                        suggestion.display_or_value(),
                         RESET,
                         self.color.description_style.reverse().prefix(),
                         self.color.selected_text_style.prefix(),
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ impl ColumnarMenu {
                             .reverse()
                             .prefix(),
                         self.color.selected_text_style.prefix(),
-                        suggestion.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&suggestion.value),
+                        suggestion.display_or_value(),
                         RESET,
                         "",
                         self.end_of_line(column),
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ impl ColumnarMenu {
                 format!(
                     "{}{:max$}{}{}{}{}{}",
                     suggestion.style.unwrap_or(self.color.text_style).prefix(),
-                    suggestion.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&suggestion.value),
+                    suggestion.display_or_value(),
                     RESET,
                     self.color.description_style.prefix(),
                     description
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ impl ColumnarMenu {
                 format!(
                     "{}{}{}{}{:>empty$}{}{}",
                     suggestion.style.unwrap_or(self.color.text_style).prefix(),
-                    suggestion.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&suggestion.value),
+                    suggestion.display_or_value(),
                     RESET,
                     self.color.description_style.prefix(),
                     "",
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl ColumnarMenu {
                 format!(
                     "{}{:max$}{}{}",
                     marker,
-                    suggestion.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&suggestion.value),
+                    suggestion.display_or_value(),
                     description
                         .chars()
                         .take(empty_space)
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ impl ColumnarMenu {
                 format!(
                     "{}{}{:>empty$}{}",
                     marker,
-                    suggestion.display.as_ref().unwrap_or(&suggestion.value),
+                    suggestion.display_or_value(),
                     "",
                     self.end_of_line(column),
                     empty = empty_space.saturating_sub(marker.len()),
@@ -590,11 +590,7 @@ impl Menu for ColumnarMenu {
                 self.working_details.col_width = painter.screen_width() as usize;
 
                 self.longest_suggestion = self.get_values().iter().fold(0, |prev, suggestion| {
-                    let suggestion_length = suggestion
-                        .display
-                        .as_ref()
-                        .unwrap_or(&suggestion.value)
-                        .len();
+                    let suggestion_length = suggestion.display_or_value().len();
                     if prev >= suggestion_length {
                         prev
                     } else {
@@ -603,7 +599,8 @@ impl Menu for ColumnarMenu {
                 });
             } else {
                 let max_width = self.get_values().iter().fold(0, |acc, suggestion| {
-                    let str_len = suggestion.value.len() + self.default_details.col_padding;
+                    let str_len =
+                        suggestion.display_or_value().len() + self.default_details.col_padding;
                     if str_len > acc {
                         str_len
                     } else {
@@ -739,7 +736,9 @@ impl Menu for ColumnarMenu {
                     // Correcting the enumerate index based on the number of skipped values
                     let index = index + skip_values;
                     let column = index as u16 % self.get_cols();
-                    let empty_space = self.get_width().saturating_sub(suggestion.value.len());
+                    let empty_space = self
+                        .get_width()
+                        .saturating_sub(suggestion.display_or_value().len());
 
                     self.create_string(suggestion, index, column, empty_space, use_ansi_coloring)
                 })