diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb48199..1b1aee8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ require'fzf-lua'.setup {
     symbol_style      = 1,          -- style for document/workspace symbols
                                     -- false: disable,    1: icon+kind
                                     --     2: icon only,  3: kind only
+                                    -- NOTE: icons are extracted from
+                                    -- vim.lsp.protocol.CompletionItemKind
     -- colorize using nvim-cmp's CmpItemKindXXX highlights
     -- can also be set to 'TS' for treesitter highlights ('TSProperty', etc)
     -- or 'false' to disable highlighting
diff --git a/doc/fzf-lua.txt b/doc/fzf-lua.txt
index e1b9e50..91a26bd 100644
--- a/doc/fzf-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/fzf-lua.txt
@@ -798,6 +798,8 @@ Consult the list below for available settings:
         symbol_style      = 1,          -- style for document/workspace symbols
                                         -- false: disable,    1: icon+kind
                                         --     2: icon only,  3: kind only
+                                        -- NOTE: icons are extracted from
+                                        -- vim.lsp.protocol.CompletionItemKind
         -- colorize using nvim-cmp's CmpItemKindXXX highlights
         -- can also be set to 'TS' for treesitter highlights ('TSProperty', etc)
         -- or 'false' to disable highlighting
diff --git a/lua/fzf-lua/providers/lsp.lua b/lua/fzf-lua/providers/lsp.lua
index 7449ae3..a453ad5 100644
--- a/lua/fzf-lua/providers/lsp.lua
+++ b/lua/fzf-lua/providers/lsp.lua
@@ -392,7 +392,13 @@ local function gen_sym2style_map(opts)
       -- style==3: "<kind>"
       local s = nil
       if opts.symbol_style == 1 then
-        s = ("%s %s"):format(icon, k)
+        -- if icons weren't set by the user
+        -- icon will match the kind
+        if icon ~= k then
+          s = ("%s %s"):format(icon, k)
+        else
+          s = k
+        end
       elseif opts.symbol_style == 2 then
         s = icon
       elseif opts.symbol_style == 3 then