diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl b/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl
index 38ab1344f..9c75da9e7 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/hostnamectl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ _hostnamectl() {
                       [NAME]='set-hostname'
         )
 
-        for ((i=0; i <= COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" ${VERBS[*]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}
                         break
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/localectl b/shell-completion/bash/localectl
index bec9e78c6..84e2a6b09 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/localectl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/localectl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ _localectl() {
                       [X11]='set-x11-keymap'
         )
 
-        for ((i=0; i <= COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" ${VERBS[*]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}
                         break
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/loginctl b/shell-completion/bash/loginctl
index 3104b305f..26a86965a 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/loginctl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/loginctl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ _loginctl () {
                 [ATTACH]='attach'
         )
 
-        for ((i=0; $i <= $COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" ${VERBS[*]} &&
                  ! __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i-1]}" ${OPTS[ARG]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/systemctl b/shell-completion/bash/systemctl
index 84149e395..a5f10b4f1 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/systemctl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/systemctl
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ _systemctl () {
                   [TARGETS]='set-default'
         )
 
-        for ((i=0; $i <= $COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" ${VERBS[*]} &&
                  ! __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i-1]}" ${OPTS[ARG]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/systemd-analyze b/shell-completion/bash/systemd-analyze
index b65466ba4..6afcd963c 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/systemd-analyze
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/systemd-analyze
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ _systemd_analyze() {
 
         _init_completion || return
 
-        for ((i=0; $i <= $COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" ${VERBS[*]} &&
                  ! __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i-1]}" ${OPTS[ARG]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/timedatectl b/shell-completion/bash/timedatectl
index c6a654525..1a0acc6c7 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/timedatectl
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/timedatectl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ _timedatectl() {
                      [TIME]='set-time'
         )
 
-        for ((i=0; i <= COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" ${VERBS[*]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}
                         break
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/udevadm b/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
index 8ad855060..7e89189dc 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ _udevadm() {
 
         local verbs=(info trigger settle control monitor hwdb test-builtin test)
 
-        for ((i=0; i <= COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
+        for ((i=0; i < COMP_CWORD; i++)); do
                 if __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" "${verbs[@]}" &&
                  ! __contains_word "${COMP_WORDS[i-1]}" ${OPTS[ARG]}; then
                         verb=${COMP_WORDS[i]}