diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index c70fb2d8..89ccf366 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05a
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.184 2002/03/07 18:44:48 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.185 2002/03/07 18:47:12 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1541,7 +1541,10 @@ _tar()
 	COMPREPLY=()
 	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
 
-	[ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ] && return 0
+	if [ $COMP_CWORD = 1 ]; then
+		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'c t x u r d A' -- $cur ) )
+		return 0
+	fi
 
 	case "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" in
 	c*f)