diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index c5b77053..bb65f2cb 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1650,6 +1650,9 @@ _longopt()
     _init_completion -s || return
 
     case "${prev,,}" in
+        --help|--usage|--version)
+            return 0
+            ;;
         --*dir*)
             _filedir -d
             return 0