diff --git a/completions/snownews b/completions/snownews
index ee7ec981..7cdacb54 100644
--- a/completions/snownews
+++ b/completions/snownews
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ _snownews()
 
     if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
         # return list of available options
-        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--update --help --version \
-            --disable-versioncheck -u -h -V' -- "$cur"))
+        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( _parse_help "$1" )' -- "$cur" ) )
     fi
 } &&
 complete -F _snownews snownews