diff --git a/completions/ip b/completions/ip
index 7ab499f3c28..08bab21b4a9 100644
--- a/completions/ip
+++ b/completions/ip
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ _comp_cmd_ip()
                         '/OBJECT := /,/}/!d' -e \
                         's/.*{//' -e \
                         's/}.*//' -e \
-                        's/|//g'
-                )"
+                        's/|//g' -e \
+                        's/neighbour/neighbor/g'
+                )" # We remove "neighbour" to only leave one option when completing `ip neig`
                 ;;
         esac
         return
diff --git a/test/t/test_ip.py b/test/t/test_ip.py
index 552015de81f..1687efcfa0a 100644
--- a/test/t/test_ip.py
+++ b/test/t/test_ip.py
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ def test_stats(self, completion):
     def test_neigh_state(self, completion):
         assert "stale" in completion
 
+    @pytest.mark.complete(
+        "ip neig",
+        require_cmd=True,
+        skipif="ip neighbor help 2>/dev/null; (( $? != 255 ))",
+    )
+    def test_neigh_one_completion(self, completion):
+        assert len(completion) == 1
+
     @pytest.mark.complete(
         "ip monitor ",
         require_cmd=True,