diff --git a/clients/cli/nmcli-completion b/clients/cli/nmcli-completion
index 72648d43cb..73028bdff2 100644
--- a/clients/cli/nmcli-completion
+++ b/clients/cli/nmcli-completion
@@ -1154,7 +1154,12 @@ _nmcli()
                             _nmcli_compl_ARGS_CONNECTION && return 0
                             while [[ "${#words[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; do
                                 if [[ ${#words[@]} -le 1 ]]; then
-                                    _nmcli_list_nl "$(nmcli --fields profile connection show "${COMMAND_CONNECTION_TYPE:-id}" "$COMMAND_CONNECTION_ID" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^\([^:]\+\):.*/\1/p')"
+                                    local PREFIX=""
+
+                                    if [[ "${words[0]:0:1}" == [+-] ]]; then
+                                        PREFIX="${words[0]:0:1}"
+                                    fi
+                                    _nmcli_list_nl "$(nmcli --fields profile connection show "${COMMAND_CONNECTION_TYPE:-id}" "$COMMAND_CONNECTION_ID" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^\([^:]\+\):.*/'$PREFIX'\1/p')"
                                     return 0
                                 elif [[ ${#words[@]} -le 2 ]]; then
                                     return 0