diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index eb14cf72..8692c768 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1525,8 +1525,8 @@ _longopt()
     fi
 
     if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
-        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( $1 --help 2>&1 | sed -e '/--/!d' \
-            -e 's/.*\(--[-A-Za-z0-9]\{1,\}\).*/\1/' | sort -u )" \
+        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( $1 --help 2>&1 | \
+            sed -ne 's/.*\(--[-A-Za-z0-9]\{1,\}\).*/\1/p' | sort -u )" \
             -- "$cur" ) )
     elif [[ "$1" == rmdir ]]; then
         _filedir -d