diff --git a/cmd-command-prompt.c b/cmd-command-prompt.c
index 0bb4e209..52ee747f 100644
--- a/cmd-command-prompt.c
+++ b/cmd-command-prompt.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ cmd_command_prompt_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmd_ctx *ctx)
 	const char			*prompts;
 	struct cmd_command_prompt_cdata	*cdata;
 	struct client			*c;
-	char				*prompt, *ptr;
+	char				*prompt, *prompt_replaced, *ptr;
 	size_t				 n;
 
 	if ((c = cmd_find_client(ctx, args_get(args, 't'))) == NULL)
@@ -116,8 +116,12 @@ cmd_command_prompt_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmd_ctx *ctx)
 	ptr = strsep(&cdata->next_prompt, ",");
 	if (prompts == NULL)
 		prompt = xstrdup(ptr);
-	else
-		xasprintf(&prompt, "%s ", ptr);
+	else {
+		prompt_replaced = status_replace(c, NULL, NULL, NULL, ptr,
+		    time(NULL), 0);
+		xasprintf(&prompt, "%s ", prompt_replaced);
+		xfree(prompt_replaced);
+	}
 	status_prompt_set(c, prompt, cmd_command_prompt_callback,
 	    cmd_command_prompt_free, cdata, 0);
 	xfree(prompt);
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ cmd_command_prompt_callback(void *data, const char *s)
 	struct cmd_list			*cmdlist;
 	struct cmd_ctx			 ctx;
 	char				*cause, *newtempl, *prompt, *ptr;
+	char				*prompt_replaced;
 
 	if (s == NULL)
 		return (0);
@@ -142,8 +147,12 @@ cmd_command_prompt_callback(void *data, const char *s)
 	cdata->template = newtempl;
 
 	if ((ptr = strsep(&cdata->next_prompt, ",")) != NULL) {
-		xasprintf(&prompt, "%s ", ptr);
+		prompt_replaced = status_replace(c, NULL, NULL, NULL, ptr,
+		    time(NULL), 0);
+		xasprintf(&prompt, "%s ", prompt_replaced);
 		status_prompt_update(c, prompt);
+
+		xfree(prompt_replaced);
 		xfree(prompt);
 		cdata->idx++;
 		return (1);
diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 1e3c57b2..87949d34 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ The
 .Ar shell-command
 string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
 .Ic status-left
-command.
+option.
 If no
 .Ar shell-command
 is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
@@ -2624,6 +2624,7 @@ Open the command prompt in a client.
 This may be used from inside
 .Nm
 to execute commands interactively.
+.Pp
 If
 .Ar template
 is specified, it is used as the command.
@@ -2637,6 +2638,12 @@ a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
 if it is present, or
 .Ql \&:
 if not.
+The
+.Ar prompts
+may contain the special character sequences supported by the
+.Ic status-left
+option.
+.Pp
 Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
 .Ql %%
 and all occurrences of