diff --git a/completions/ssh b/completions/ssh
index 1b9da9e703d..6904550f94f 100644
--- a/completions/ssh
+++ b/completions/ssh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _comp_cmd_ssh__compgen_queries()
         key-plain key-sig protocol-version compression sig ciphers macs
         kexalgorithms pubkeyacceptedkeytypes hostkeyalgorithms
         hostbasedkeytypes hostbasedacceptedkeytypes)
-    _comp_compgen -c "${cur,,}" -U ret -- -W '"${ret[@]}" help"'
+    _comp_compgen -c "${cur,,}" -U ret -- -W '"${ret[@]}" help'
 }
 
 # @since 2.12