diff --git a/completions/git.completion.sh b/completions/git.completion.sh
index e3918c87e3adf32a9d7a4f0320c92c497376b9b5..e83de04522151c15555f1ebd7f8a90ae2e4bf04a 100644
--- a/completions/git.completion.sh
+++ b/completions/git.completion.sh
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ __git_commands () {
 	then
 		printf "%s" "${GIT_TESTING_COMMAND_COMPLETION}"
 	else
-		git help -a|egrep '^  [a-zA-Z0-9]'
+		git help -a|egrep "^  [a-z]*"|cut -d" " -f4
 	fi
 }