diff --git a/completions/service b/completions/service
index 515c6d15..82badde5 100644
--- a/completions/service
+++ b/completions/service
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _service()
             sysvdir=/etc/rc.d/init.d || sysvdir=/etc/init.d
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '`sed -e "y/|/ /" \
             -ne "s/^.*\(U\|msg_u\)sage.*{\(.*\)}.*$/\2/p" \
-            $sysvdir/${prev##*/} 2>/dev/null`' -- "$cur" ) )
+            $sysvdir/${prev##*/} 2>/dev/null` start stop' -- "$cur" ) )
     fi
 
     return 0