diff --git a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash
index aaae936e5..2cd85e906 100644
--- a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash
+++ b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ _hledger_compreply_query() {
                 *)       return 1 ;;
             esac
             _get_comp_words_by_ref -n '<=>' -c cur
-            _hledger_compreply "$(compgen -P "$query" -W "$wordlist" -- "${cur#*:}")"
+            _hledger_compreply "$(compgen -P "$query" -W "$wordlist" -- "$match")"
             return 0
             ;;
     esac
diff --git a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4 b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4
index b77a9421d..39375842b 100644
--- a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4
+++ b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.bash.m4
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ _hledger_compreply_query() {
                 *)       return 1 ;;
             esac
             _get_comp_words_by_ref -n '<=>' -c cur
-            _hledger_compreply "$(compgen -P "$query" -W "$wordlist" -- "${cur#*:}")"
+            _hledger_compreply "$(compgen -P "$query" -W "$wordlist" -- "$match")"
             return 0
             ;;
     esac