misc/quitcd/quitcd.bash_zsh | 4 +++-
 misc/quitcd/quitcd.csh      | 4 +++-
 misc/quitcd/quitcd.elv      | 2 ++
 misc/quitcd/quitcd.fish     | 4 +++-

diff --git a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.bash_zsh b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.bash_zsh
index 492767a1bde9efcf7aaa18db9830de74157a284f..2450b7956dd564d3b04ebcb047981d79fc63b912 100644
--- a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.bash_zsh
+++ b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.bash_zsh
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@     # stty stop undef
     # stty lwrap undef
     # stty lnext undef
 
-    nnn "$@"
+    # The backslash allows one to alias n to nnn if desired without making an
+    # infinitely recursive alias
+    \nnn "$@"
 
     if [ -f "$NNN_TMPFILE" ]; then
             . "$NNN_TMPFILE"
diff --git a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.csh b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.csh
index 5102e5af738535729fe89a14eb97101d8c7c948a..72bd357d06735ead0074fabcbc9059cb95e41a11 100644
--- a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.csh
+++ b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.csh
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ # stty stop undef
 # stty lwrap undef
 # stty lnext undef
 
-alias n 'nnn; source "$NNN_TMPFILE"; rm -f "$NNN_TMPFILE"'
+# The backslash allows one to alias n to nnn if desired without making an
+# infinitely recursive alias
+alias n '\nnn; source "$NNN_TMPFILE"; rm -f "$NNN_TMPFILE"'
diff --git a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.elv b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.elv
index b6514cddb8a1a356fca2d5c79aa77406f4845e32..95c47a6ecad6ce0b4e39bdb6216d33afbaafdab8 100644
--- a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.elv
+++ b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.elv
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@   # stty stop undef
   # stty lwrap undef
   # stty lnext undef
 
+	# The e: prefix allows one to alias n to nnn if desired without making an
+	# infinitely recursive alias
 	e:nnn $@a
 
 	if (path:is-regular $E:NNN_TMPFILE) {
diff --git a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.fish b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.fish
index 9f85fffcf62231a82207a944e9cf640f01dd219b..c9902080bd4e0acd4b473f5e47cb83928664cc06 100644
--- a/misc/quitcd/quitcd.fish
+++ b/misc/quitcd/quitcd.fish
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@     # stty stop undef
     # stty lwrap undef
     # stty lnext undef
 
-    nnn $argv
+    # The command function allows one to alias this function to `nnn` without
+    # making an infinitely recursive alias
+    command nnn $argv
 
     if test -e $NNN_TMPFILE
         source $NNN_TMPFILE