diff --git a/news/1283.bugfix.md b/news/1283.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2a48b3c4cdbcbda660a308cadd8ec86f56b1ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1283.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug that completion scripts are interpreted as rich markups.
diff --git a/pdm/cli/commands/completion.py b/pdm/cli/commands/completion.py
index d874a340ccfe2652e58df7219f6105636d46adba..77a035ae7acc11e71e11558489f1b6a4d2e3221f 100644
--- a/pdm/cli/commands/completion.py
+++ b/pdm/cli/commands/completion.py
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         completion = importlib.resources.read_text(
             "pdm.cli.completions", f"pdm.{suffix}"
         )
-        project.core.ui.echo(completion.replace("%{python_executable}", sys.executable))
+        # Can't use rich print or otherwise the rich markups will be interpreted
+        print(completion.replace("%{python_executable}", sys.executable))
diff --git a/pdm/project/core.py b/pdm/project/core.py
index 93e7af217d2221e0c8b261b5a02ff6b598b5d0b0..4a7e3d2201c59b70dfcf6053f1934a2625cbc95b 100644
--- a/pdm/project/core.py
+++ b/pdm/project/core.py
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ class Project:
 
         backend: str = self.config["venv.backend"]
         venv_backend = BACKENDS[backend](self, None)
-        path = venv_backend.create(in_project=self.config["venv.in_project"])
+        path = venv_backend.create(
+            force=True, in_project=self.config["venv.in_project"]
+        )
         self.core.ui.echo(
             f"Virtualenv is created successfully at [green]{path}[/]", err=True
         )