diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
index 0171b1a38..d2e34380b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&opts.Labels, "label", "l", nil, "Filter by labels")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.State, "state", "s", "open", "Filter by state: {open|closed|all}")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("state", func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-		return []string{"open", "closed", "all"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace
+		return []string{"open", "closed", "all"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 	})
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&opts.LimitResults, "limit", "L", 30, "Maximum number of issues to fetch")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Author, "author", "A", "", "Filter by author")
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go
index 67f8f36d6..11a365cee 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&opts.LimitResults, "limit", "L", 30, "Maximum number of items to fetch")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.State, "state", "s", "open", "Filter by state: {open|closed|merged|all}")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("state", func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-		return []string{"open", "closed", "merged", "all"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace
+		return []string{"open", "closed", "merged", "all"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 	})
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.BaseBranch, "base", "B", "", "Filter by base branch")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&opts.Labels, "label", "l", nil, "Filter by labels")