diff --git a/examples/cli.c b/examples/cli.c
index 3445350..d695cdd 100644
--- a/examples/cli.c
+++ b/examples/cli.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "editline.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
-char *list[] = {
+static char *list[] = {
    "foo ", "bar ", "bsd ", "cli ", "ls ", "cd ", "malloc ", "tee ", NULL
 };
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ char *list[] = {
 **  Attempt to complete the pathname, returning an allocated copy.
 **  Fill in *unique if we completed it, or set it to 0 if ambiguous.
 */
-char *my_rl_complete(char *token, int *match)
+static char *my_rl_complete(char *token, int *match)
 {
    int i;
    int index = -1;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ char *my_rl_complete(char *token, int *match)
 /*
 **  Return all possible completions.
 */
-int my_rl_list_possib(char *token, char ***av)
+static int my_rl_list_possib(char *token, char ***av)
 {
    int i, num, total = 0;
    char **copy;