diff --git a/completions/dict b/completions/dict
index 469b2223..05241682 100644
--- a/completions/dict
+++ b/completions/dict
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _dictdata()
 {
     dict $host $port $1 2>/dev/null | sed -ne \
-        's/^['$'\t '']['$'\t '']*\([^'$'\t '']*\).*$/\1/p'
+        's/^['$'\t '']\{1,\}\([^ '$'\t'']*\).*$/\1/p'
 }
 
 _dict()