diff --git a/completions/cppcheck b/completions/cppcheck
index f9423e0f..bb878f29 100644
--- a/completions/cppcheck
+++ b/completions/cppcheck
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ _cppcheck()
                 missingInclude' -- "$cur" ) )
             return
             ;;
-        --exitcode)
+        --error-exitcode)
             COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '{0..255}' -- "$cur" ) )
             return
             ;;