X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/5dcf161b0c2cc885e4dfa23fe4b4e1ab47e139c6..98df2244c328b45c72cdb750f3e38889699fe020:/docs/COMPLETION-BASH?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/docs/COMPLETION-BASH b/docs/COMPLETION-BASH
index b5bdfbc4..3cb2fae0 100644
--- a/docs/COMPLETION-BASH
+++ b/docs/COMPLETION-BASH
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 2003 "Wade Richards" <wade@wabyn.net>
 # Permission granted to redistribute under the BSD license
 
+[ "$BASH_COMPLETION" ]  ||  echo "ERROR: COMPLETION-BASH is not intended to be \
+sourced directly, but rather added to a bash-completion package installation."
+
 have show &&
 _nmh()
 {