diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index eae9dce590..3b1a9b1d4f 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ _git_commit ()
 
 	case "$cur" in
 	--cleanup=*)
-		__gitcomp "default strip verbatim whitespace
+		__gitcomp "default scissors strip verbatim whitespace
 			" "" "${cur##--cleanup=}"
 		return
 		;;