diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 5303d2dc..54cd6ae6 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05b
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.495 2002/12/22 18:45:02 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.496 2002/12/23 08:51:39 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1829,8 +1829,10 @@ _known_hosts()
 	if [ -r "$global_kh" ]; then
 	    kh=( "$global_kh" )
 	else
-	    [ -r /etc/known_hosts ]    && kh[0]=/etc/known_hosts
-	    [ -r /etc/known_hosts2 ]   && kh[1]=/etc/known_hosts2
+	    [ -r /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts ]  && kh[0]=/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
+	    [ -r /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2 ] && kh[1]=/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2
+	    [ -r /etc/known_hosts ]          && kh[0]=/etc/known_hosts
+	    [ -r /etc/known_hosts2 ]         && kh[1]=/etc/known_hosts2
 	fi
 
 	# choose which user known hosts file to use