diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 6482656c..a09c6929 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05a
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.372 2002/06/25 15:48:33 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.373 2002/06/26 05:30:50 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -345,16 +345,18 @@ _chown()
 		   [ ${BASH_VERSINFO[1]} '>' 04 ]; then
 			user=${cur%%?(\\)[.:]*}
 			group=${cur#*[.:]}
-			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -P $user'\:' \
+			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -P $user':' \
 					-g -- $group 2>/dev/null) )
 		else
-			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -S '\:' -u $cur ) )
+			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -S ':' -u $cur ) )
 		fi
+	else
+		_filedir
 	fi
 
 	return 0
 }
-complete -F _chown $default chown
+complete -F _chown $filenames chown
 
 # chgrp(1) completion
 #