diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index c82de73c..d1072986 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 #   <![CDATA[
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.55 2002/01/15 18:20:48 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.56 2002/01/16 03:16:56 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ _man()
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
 
 	# default completion if parameter contains /
-	[[ "$cur" == /* ]] && return 0
+	[[ "$cur" == */* ]] && return 0
 	# default to command completion if no man.config
 	if [ ! -f /etc/man.config ]; then
 		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -c $cur ) )