diff --git a/contrib/mplayer b/contrib/mplayer
index 2786b7ad..0c15cd11 100644
--- a/contrib/mplayer
+++ b/contrib/mplayer
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ have mplayer && {
 _mplayer_options_list()
 {
     cur=${cur%\\}
-    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( $1 $2 help 2>/dev/null | \
+    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( $1 -nomsgcolor -nomsgmodule $2 help 2>/dev/null | \
         sed -e '1,/^Available/d' | awk '{print $1}' | \
         sed -e 's/:$//' -e 's/^'${2#-}'$//' -e 's/<.*//' )" -- "$cur" ) )
 }
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ _mplayer()
 
     case $cur in
         -*)
-            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( $cmd -list-options 2>/dev/null | \
+            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( $cmd -nomsgcolor -nomsgmodule -list-options 2>/dev/null | \
                 sed -ne '1,/^[[:space:]]*Name/d' \
                     -e "s/^[[:space:]]*/-/" -e "s/[[:space:]:].*//" \
                     -e "/^-\(Total\|.*\*\)\{0,1\}$/!p" )' -- "$cur" ) )