diff --git a/builtin/rm.c b/builtin/rm.c
index 6e0c7f5ac6..a818efe230 100644
--- a/builtin/rm.c
+++ b/builtin/rm.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static struct option builtin_rm_options[] = {
 	OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only, N_("dry run")),
 	OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("do not list removed files")),
 	OPT_BOOL( 0 , "cached",         &index_only, N_("only remove from the index")),
-	OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("override the up-to-date check"), 0),
+	OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("override the up-to-date check"), PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
 	OPT_BOOL('r', NULL,             &recursive,  N_("allow recursive removal")),
 	OPT_BOOL( 0 , "ignore-unmatch", &ignore_unmatch,
 				N_("exit with a zero status even if nothing matched")),
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index e63f2f2741..30a51c5015 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ _git_rm ()
 {
 	case "$cur" in
 	--*)
-		__gitcomp "--cached --dry-run --ignore-unmatch --quiet"
+		__gitcomp_builtin rm
 		return
 		;;
 	esac