diff --git a/shell/alias/gpg.sh b/shell/alias/gpg.sh
index 4c1d4e5..d971cab 100644
--- a/shell/alias/gpg.sh
+++ b/shell/alias/gpg.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # turn gpg agent off
-gak() {
+gak() { gpg_agent_kill "${@}"; }
+gpg_agent_kill() {
 	gpgconf \
 		--kill "gpg-agent"
 }
 
 # bind gpg agent to current tty
-gau() {
+gau() { gpg_agent_update "${@}"; }
+gpg_agent_update() {
 	gpg-connect-agent \
 		updatestartuptty \
 		/bye