diff --git a/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor.js b/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor.js
index 93dda816f..834c6fb76 100644
--- a/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor.js
+++ b/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import CollabClient from "./live_editor/collab_client";
 import { languages } from "./live_editor/codemirror/languages";
 import { exitMulticursor } from "./live_editor/codemirror/commands";
 import { highlight } from "./live_editor/highlight";
+import { ancestorNode, closestNode } from "./live_editor/codemirror/tree_utils";
 
 /**
  * Mounts cell source editor with real-time collaboration mechanism.
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ export default class LiveEditor {
 
   /** @private */
   signatureSource({ state, pos }) {
-    const textUntilCursor = state.doc.sliceString(0, pos);
+    const textUntilCursor = this.getSignatureHint(state, pos);
 
     return this.connection
       .intellisenseRequest("signature", {
@@ -528,6 +529,33 @@ export default class LiveEditor {
       .catch(() => null);
   }
 
+  /** @private */
+  getSignatureHint(state, pos) {
+    // By default we send all text until cursor as signature hint.
+    // We use the local AST to limit the hint to the relevanat call
+    // expression.
+
+    const tree = syntaxTree(state);
+    const node = tree.resolve(pos);
+
+    if (node && this.language === "elixir") {
+      let callNode = closestNode(node, [
+        "Call",
+        "FunctionDefinitionCall",
+        "KernelCall",
+      ]);
+
+      if (callNode) {
+        const pipeNode = ancestorNode(callNode, ["Right", "PipeOperator"]);
+        const boundaryNode = pipeNode || callNode;
+
+        return state.doc.sliceString(boundaryNode.from, pos);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return state.doc.sliceString(0, pos);
+  }
+
   formatterSource(doc) {
     return this.connection
       .intellisenseRequest("format", { code: doc.toString() })
@@ -560,15 +588,3 @@ export default class LiveEditor {
     this.initialWidgets = {};
   }
 }
-
-function closestNode(node, names) {
-  while (node) {
-    if (names.includes(node.type.name)) {
-      return node;
-    }
-
-    node = node.parent;
-  }
-
-  return null;
-}
diff --git a/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor/codemirror/tree_utils.js b/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor/codemirror/tree_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..053a12235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/hooks/cell_editor/live_editor/codemirror/tree_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Finds the closest node with the given name (parent or self).
+ */
+export function closestNode(node, names) {
+  while (node) {
+    if (names.includes(node.type.name)) return node;
+
+    node = node.parent;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Goes up the tree using the given path.
+ *
+ * Path is a list of parent node names, from innermost to outermost.
+ * Returns the alst node on the path, but only if the path matches
+ * exactly.
+ */
+export function ancestorNode(node, path) {
+  let i = 0;
+
+  while (i < path.length && node.parent) {
+    if (node.parent.type.name !== path[i]) return null;
+
+    node = node.parent;
+    i++;
+  }
+
+  return i === path.length && node ? node : null;
+}