diff --git a/crates/ide-completion/src/item.rs b/crates/ide-completion/src/item.rs
index 657eab5b1b8..e6077635604 100644
--- a/crates/ide-completion/src/item.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-completion/src/item.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ use crate::{
     render::{render_path_resolution, RenderContext},
 };
 
-/// `CompletionItem` describes a single completion variant in the editor pop-up.
-/// It is basically a POD with various properties. To construct a
-/// `CompletionItem`, use `new` method and the `Builder` struct.
+/// `CompletionItem` describes a single completion entity which expands to 1 or more entries in the
+/// editor pop-up. It is basically a POD with various properties. To construct a
+/// [`CompletionItem`], use [`Builder::new`] method and the [`Builder`] struct.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct CompletionItem {
     /// Label in the completion pop up which identifies completion.
@@ -396,14 +396,20 @@ impl CompletionItem {
         self.trigger_call_info
     }
 
-    pub fn ref_match(&self) -> Option<(Mutability, TextSize, CompletionRelevance)> {
+    pub fn ref_match(&self) -> Option<(String, text_edit::Indel, CompletionRelevance)> {
         // Relevance of the ref match should be the same as the original
         // match, but with exact type match set because self.ref_match
         // is only set if there is an exact type match.
         let mut relevance = self.relevance;
         relevance.type_match = Some(CompletionRelevanceTypeMatch::Exact);
 
-        self.ref_match.map(|(mutability, offset)| (mutability, offset, relevance))
+        self.ref_match.map(|(mutability, offset)| {
+            (
+                format!("&{}{}", mutability.as_keyword_for_ref(), self.label()),
+                text_edit::Indel::insert(offset, format!("&{}", mutability.as_keyword_for_ref())),
+                relevance,
+            )
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn imports_to_add(&self) -> &[LocatedImport] {
diff --git a/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs b/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs
index bc578a2820c..47d3e01aa7f 100644
--- a/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs
@@ -529,8 +529,7 @@ mod tests {
                 let relevance = display_relevance(it.relevance());
                 items.push(format!("{tag} {} {relevance}\n", it.label()));
 
-                if let Some((mutability, _offset, relevance)) = it.ref_match() {
-                    let label = format!("&{}{}", mutability.as_keyword_for_ref(), it.label());
+                if let Some((label, _indel, relevance)) = it.ref_match() {
                     let relevance = display_relevance(relevance);
 
                     items.push(format!("{tag} {label} {relevance}\n"));
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/to_proto.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/to_proto.rs
index af2c868893d..bee85cdd13e 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/to_proto.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/to_proto.rs
@@ -242,15 +242,16 @@ fn completion_item(
     let text_edit = {
         let mut text_edit = None;
         let source_range = item.source_range();
-        for indel in item.text_edit().iter() {
+        for indel in item.text_edit() {
             if indel.delete.contains_range(source_range) {
+                // Extract this indel as the main edit
                 text_edit = Some(if indel.delete == source_range {
                     self::completion_text_edit(line_index, insert_replace_support, indel.clone())
                 } else {
                     assert!(source_range.end() == indel.delete.end());
                     let range1 = TextRange::new(indel.delete.start(), source_range.start());
                     let range2 = source_range;
-                    let indel1 = Indel::replace(range1, String::new());
+                    let indel1 = Indel::delete(range1);
                     let indel2 = Indel::replace(range2, indel.insert.clone());
                     additional_text_edits.push(self::text_edit(line_index, indel1));
                     self::completion_text_edit(line_index, insert_replace_support, indel2)
@@ -316,18 +317,13 @@ fn completion_item(
         }
     }
 
-    if let Some((mutability, offset, relevance)) = item.ref_match() {
-        let mut lsp_item_with_ref = lsp_item.clone();
+    if let Some((label, indel, relevance)) = item.ref_match() {
+        let mut lsp_item_with_ref = lsp_types::CompletionItem { label, ..lsp_item.clone() };
+        lsp_item_with_ref
+            .additional_text_edits
+            .get_or_insert_with(Default::default)
+            .push(self::text_edit(line_index, indel));
         set_score(&mut lsp_item_with_ref, max_relevance, relevance);
-        lsp_item_with_ref.label =
-            format!("&{}{}", mutability.as_keyword_for_ref(), lsp_item_with_ref.label);
-        lsp_item_with_ref.additional_text_edits.get_or_insert_with(Default::default).push(
-            self::text_edit(
-                line_index,
-                Indel::insert(offset, format!("&{}", mutability.as_keyword_for_ref())),
-            ),
-        );
-
         acc.push(lsp_item_with_ref);
     };