diff --git a/completions/brctl b/completions/brctl
index c93716e5745..b3be4bb2596 100644
--- a/completions/brctl
+++ b/completions/brctl
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ _comp_cmd_brctl()
             ;;
         2)
             case $command in
-                show) ;;
+                addbr) ;;
 
                 *)
                     _comp_compgen_split -- "$("$1" show |
-                        _comp_awk 'NR>1 {print $1}')"
+                        _comp_awk '(NR>1 && !/^\t/) {print $1}')"
                     ;;
             esac
             ;;