diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 146b4124..2a0ed7f3 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -3569,7 +3569,8 @@ _openssl_sections()
 	fi
 	[ ! -f "$config" ] && return 0
 
-	COMPREPLY=( $( awk '/\[.*\]/ {print $2} ' $config | grep "^$cur" ) )
+	COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( awk '/\[.*\]/ {print $2}' $config )" \
+		-- $cur ) )
 }
 
 _openssl()
diff --git a/to_review/openssl b/to_review/openssl
index 1a04d9b3..39039539 100644
--- a/to_review/openssl
+++ b/to_review/openssl
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ _openssl_sections()
 
 	[ ! -f "$config" ] && return 0
 
-	COMPREPLY=( $( awk '/\[.*\]/ {print $2} ' $config | grep "^$cur" ) )
+	COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( awk '/\[.*\]/ {print $2}' $config )" \
+		-- $cur ) )
 }
 
 _openssl()