diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7967411c3..f699c8ae4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 - Removed obsolete task-faq.5 and task-tutorial.5 man pages.
 - French localization (thanks to leowzukw).
 - Removed deprecated 'report.X.limit' feature.
+- Improved bash completion when TASKRC is exported.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/scripts/bash/task.sh b/scripts/bash/task.sh
index 147b76bc5..73f3488ef 100644
--- a/scripts/bash/task.sh
+++ b/scripts/bash/task.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 #the following variable is substituted for by ../../test/bash_completion.t
-taskcommand='task'
+taskcommand='task rc.verbose:nothing'
 
 _task_get_tags() {
     $taskcommand _tags
diff --git a/test/bash_completion.t b/test/bash_completion.t
index 9ccbab0a9..f7eee3d36 100755
--- a/test/bash_completion.t
+++ b/test/bash_completion.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 16;
+use Test::More tests => 18;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ if (open my $target, '>', 'task.sh')
     {
       my $temp=$_;
       chomp($_);
-      if ($_ eq qw{taskcommand='task'})
+      if ($_ eq "taskcommand='task rc.verbose:nothing'")
       {
-        print $target "taskcommand='../src/task rc:bug.rc'";
+        print $target "taskcommand='../src/task rc.verbose:nothing rc:bug.rc'";
       }
       else
       {
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ $output = qx{bash ./task.sh task proj : to 2>&1};
 ok ($? == 0, 'Exit status check');
 unlike ($output, qr/todd/, '\'proj:\' does not expand if abbreviation.minimum is 5');
 
+$output = qx{TASKRC=bug.rc bash ./task.sh task ad to 2>&1};
+ok ($? == 0, 'Exit status check');
+unlike ($output, qr/override/, 'taskrc override does not display');
+
 # there should be no gc coming from bash completion
 qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add this task should be number 2 and stay number 2 2>&1};
 ok ($? == 0, 'Exit status check');