diff --git a/completion/bash b/completion/bash
index 8f5bb349..ee2abbbb 100644
--- a/completion/bash
+++ b/completion/bash
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _terminator()
     _init_completion || return
 
     COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$($1 --help | tr ',' '\n' |
-        command sed -n -e 's/ *\(--\?[a-zA-Z\-]\+=\?\).*/\1/p')"\
+        command sed -n -e 's/^ *\(--\?[a-zA-Z\-]\+=\?\).*/\1/p')"\
     -- "$cur"))
 } &&
     complete -F _terminator terminator