diff --git a/cli/autocomplete.go b/cli/autocomplete.go
index 08af343613..42c1285b74 100644
--- a/cli/autocomplete.go
+++ b/cli/autocomplete.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Supported shells are as follows:
 # Run the following commands to install autocompletion
 sudo mkdir /etc/bash/completion.d/
 sudo cp %s /etc/bash_completion.d/abra
-source "/etc/bash/completion.d/abra
+echo "source /etc/bash/completion.d/abra" >> ~/.bashrc
 `, autocompletionFile))
 		case "zsh":
 			fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf(`