diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index a7d20df233c..93800601f8f 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@ _git_config ()
 		color.ui
 		commit.status
 		commit.template
-		core.abbrevguard
+		core.abbrev
 		core.askpass
 		core.attributesfile
 		core.autocrlf