diff --git a/cmd/helm/flags.go b/cmd/helm/flags.go
index 544fb7608..d1329c279 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/flags.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func bindOutputFlag(cmd *cobra.Command, varRef *output.Format) {
 				formatNames = append(formatNames, format)
 			}
 		}
-		return formatNames, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		return formatNames, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/output-comp.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/output-comp.txt
index be574756b..e7799a56b 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/output-comp.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/output-comp.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 table
 json
 yaml
-:0
-Completion ended with directive: ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+:4
+Completion ended with directive: ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp