diff --git a/completions/Makefile.am b/completions/Makefile.am
index 8b5e7f23..5c8f61c6 100644
--- a/completions/Makefile.am
+++ b/completions/Makefile.am
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ bashcomp_DATA = 2to3 \
 		_renice \
 		_repomanage \
 		reportbug \
-		reptyr \
+		_reptyr \
 		resolvconf \
 		rfkill \
 		ri \
diff --git a/completions/reptyr b/completions/_reptyr
similarity index 80%
rename from completions/reptyr
rename to completions/_reptyr
index 3097daa9..96e047b7 100644
--- a/completions/reptyr
+++ b/completions/_reptyr
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # bash completion for reptyr(1)                            -*- shell-script -*-
 
+# Use of this file is deprecated.  Upstream completion is available in
+# reptyr > 0.6.2, use that instead.
+
 _reptyr()
 {
     local cur prev words cword