diff --git a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash
index 2a4e1731e..1de73b131 100644
--- a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash
+++ b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _hledger_completion_function() {
     # Current treatment for special characters:
     # - exclude colon (:) from COMP_WORDBREAKS
     # - option processing assumes that `=` is in COMP_WORDBREAKS
-    # - use comptop -o filenames to escape the rest
+    # - use compopt -o filenames to escape the rest
     COMP_WORDBREAKS=${COMP_WORDBREAKS//:}
     case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in
         *=*) : ;;
diff --git a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4 b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4
index 7a61a2a0c..296038cc5 100644
--- a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4
+++ b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _hledger_completion_function() {
     # Current treatment for special characters:
     # - exclude colon (:) from COMP_WORDBREAKS
     # - option processing assumes that `=` is in COMP_WORDBREAKS
-    # - use comptop -o filenames to escape the rest
+    # - use compopt -o filenames to escape the rest
     COMP_WORDBREAKS=${COMP_WORDBREAKS//:}
     case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in
         *=*) : ;;