The documentation for org-complete-tags-always-offer-all-agenda-tags currently reads: "If non-nil, always offer completion for all tags of all agenda files. Instead of customizing this variable directly, you might want to set it locally for capture buffers, because there no list of tags in that file can be created dynamically (there are none)." It appears the second sentence is missing a few words. "...Instead of customizing this variable directly, you might want to set it locally for capture buffers, because there *is* no list of tags in that file *that* can be created dynamically (there are none)." That aside, the wording of the second sentence could be clearer. My humble suggestion: "If non-nil, always offer completion for all tags of all agenda files. Setting this variable locally allows for dynamic generation of tag completions in capture buffers." Thanks for your time, no wayman Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.1) of 2018-09-24 Package: Org mode version 9.1.14 (9.1.14-1-g4931fc-elpaplus @ /home/n/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20180917/) current state: ============== (setq org-duration-format '(("h") (special . 2)) org-src-mode-hook '(doom-modeline-set-special-modeline org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :tag . 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"/usr/bin/firefox %s") ("\\.pdf\\'" . default)) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-babel-load-languages '((js . t) (shell . t) (python . t) (org . t)) org-log-done 'time org-journal-date-format "[%Y-%m-%d %a]" org-hide-emphasis-markers t org-ellipsis " ↴" org-src-preserve-indentation t org-fontify-done-headline t org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-agenda-mode-hook '(org-journal-update-org-agenda-files) org-structure-template-alist '(("x" "#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n?\n#+END_EXAMPLE") ("le" "#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("s" "#+BEGIN_SRC ?\n\n#+END_SRC") ("e" "#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n?\n#+END_EXAMPLE") ("q" "#+BEGIN_QUOTE\n?\n#+END_QUOTE") ("v" "#+BEGIN_VERSE\n?\n#+END_VERSE") ("V" "#+BEGIN_VERBATIM\n?\n#+END_VERBATIM") ("c" "#+BEGIN_CENTER\n?\n#+END_CENTER") ("C" "#+BEGIN_COMMENT\n?\n#+END_COMMENT") ("l" "#+BEGIN_EXPORT latex\n?\n#+END_EXPORT") ("L" "#+LaTeX: ") ("h" "#+BEGIN_EXPORT html\n?\n#+END_EXPORT") ("H" "#+HTML: ") ("a" "#+BEGIN_EXPORT ascii\n?\n#+END_EXPORT") ("A" "#+ASCII: ") ("i" "#+INDEX: ?") 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"el")) org-return-follows-link t org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes 'confirm org-refile-use-outline-path 'file org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-link-parameters '(("id" :follow org-id-open) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("doi" :follow org--open-doi-link) ("elisp" :follow org--open-elisp-link) ("file" :complete org-file-complete-link) ("ftp" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "ftp:" path)))) ("help" :follow org--open-help-link) ("http" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "http:" path)))) ("https" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "https:" path)))) ("mailto" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "mailto:" path)))) ("news" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "news:" path)))) ("shell" :follow org--open-shell-link)) org-bullets-bullet-list '("◉" "○" "✸" "✿" "✚" "►" "★") org-capture-templates '(("b" "Bookmark" entry (file+headline "/home/n/Documents/todo/ bookmarks.org" "Bookmarks") "* [[%x][%^{title}]] %^g\n :PROPERTIES:\n :Created: %U\n :END:") ("l" "Listen") ("la" "Audio Book" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/listen.org" "Listen" "Audio-book") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g %^{Author}p %^{Year}p %^{Genre}p") ("lm" "Music" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/listen.org" "Listen" "Music") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g %^{Artists}p %^{Year}p %^{Genre}p") ("lp" "Podcast" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/listen.org" "Listen" "Podcast") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g \n :PROPERTIES:\n :Link(s): [[%^{URL}][%^{Description}]]\n %^{Genre}\n :END:") ("lr" "Radio" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/listen.org" "Listen" "Radio") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g \n :PROPERTIES:\n :Link(s): [[%^{URL}][%^{Description}]]\n :Genre: %^{Genre}\n :END:") ("n" "Note" entry #'(lambda nil (let ((file (concat default-directory " notes.org"))) (set-buffer (find-file-noselect file t t)) (write-file file) (goto-char (point-max)) file) ) "* TODO %A") ("p" "Play" entry (file+headline "/home/n/Documents/todo/play.org" "Play") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g %^{Year}p %^{Systems}p %^{Info}p") ("r" "Read") ("rf" "fiction" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/read.org" "Read" "Fiction") "%(wikinforg \"book\")") ("rn" "non-fiction" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/read.org" "Read" "Non-Fiction") "%(wikinforg \"book\")") ("s" "Say") ("sw" "word" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/say.org" "Say" "Word") "* %^{Word}\n") ("sp" "Phrase" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/say.org" "Say" "Phrase") "* %^{Phrase}\n") ("sq" "Quote" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/say.org" "Say" "Quote") "* %^{Quote}\n %^{Quotee}p") ("t" "Todo" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/refile.org" "Refile") "* TODO %^{description} %^g\n%?") ("w" "Watch") ("wf" "Film" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/watch.org" "Watch" "Film") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g %^{Director}p %^{Year}p %^{Genre}p") ("wt" "TV" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/watch.org" "Watch" "TV") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g %^{Year}p %^{Genre}p") ("wp" "Presentation" entry (file+olp "/home/n/Documents/todo/watch.org" "Watch" "Presentation") "* TODO %^{Title} %^g %^{Year}p") ) org-todo-keyword-faces '(("CANCELED" :foreground "IndianRed1" :weight bold)) org-journal-time-format "%I:%M %p\njrn" org-journal-file-format "%Y.%m.%d.%A.org" org-src-window-setup 'current-window org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil )