diff --git a/completers/go-tool-doc_completer/cmd/root.go b/completers/go-tool-doc_completer/cmd/root.go
index 46f444fe02..4c3cbe0251 100644
--- a/completers/go-tool-doc_completer/cmd/root.go
+++ b/completers/go-tool-doc_completer/cmd/root.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/actions/tools/golang"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
@@ -35,7 +36,12 @@ func init() {
 	})
 
 	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).PositionalCompletion(
-		golang.ActionPackages(),
+		carapace.ActionCallback(func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
+			if util.HasPathPrefix(c.Value) {
+				return carapace.ActionDirectories()
+			}
+			return golang.ActionPackages()
+		}),
 		carapace.ActionMultiParts(".", func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
 			switch len(c.Parts) {
 			case 0: