diff --git a/completion/available/ssh.completion.bash b/completion/available/ssh.completion.bash
index 396be8f2..19a52991 100644
--- a/completion/available/ssh.completion.bash
+++ b/completion/available/ssh.completion.bash
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ _sshcomplete() {
     # parse all hosts found in .ssh/known_hosts
     if [ -r "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts" ]; then
         if grep -v -q -e '^ ssh-rsa' "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts" ; then
-            COMPREPLY=( ${COMPREPLY[@]} $(compgen -W "$( awk '{print $1}' "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts" | cut -d, -f 1 | sed -e 's/\[//g' | sed -e 's/\]//g' | cut -d: -f1 | grep -v ssh-rsa)" ${OPTIONS}) )
+            COMPREPLY=( ${COMPREPLY[@]} $(compgen -W "$( awk '{print $1}' "$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts" | grep -v ^\| | cut -d, -f 1 | sed -e 's/\[//g' | sed -e 's/\]//g' | cut -d: -f1 | grep -v ssh-rsa)" ${OPTIONS}) )
         fi
     fi