diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 18790aab..3455dcc0 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -5771,12 +5771,12 @@ _mplayer()
 			return 0
 			;;
 		-skin)
-			# if you don't have installed mplayer in /usr/local you
+			# if you don't have installed mplayer in /usr you
 			# may want to set the MPLAYER_SKINS_DIR global variable
 			if [ -n "$MPLAYER_SKINS_DIR" ]; then
 				skinsdir=$MPLAYER_SKINS_DIR
 			else
-				skinsdir=/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin
+				skinsdir=/usr/share/mplayer/Skin
 			fi
 
 			IFS=$'\t\n'
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 92e1c409..82420b66 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ bash-completion (200809xx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Added gksudo, gksu, kdesudo completion
   * Added apache2ctl completion
   * Added gpg2 completion (Closes: #489927)
+  * Fixed mplayer -skin completion (Closes: #501473)
   * debian/links fixed (Closes: #494292)
 
  -- David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:23:51 +0200