diff --git a/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh b/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
index 9c185d56eeed3395e7d050245594c11fac41eeff..9068ac0c743c801fe0cfea2ce2389d1fbeaf86e7 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
+++ b/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ _brew_search ()
     local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
     case "$cur" in
     --*)
-        __brewcomp "--debian --fedora --fink --macports --opensuse --ubuntu"
+        __brewcomp "--debian --desc --fedora --fink --macports --opensuse --ubuntu"
         return
         ;;
     esac