diff --git a/cmd/genbashcomp/gen_kubectl_bash_comp.go b/cmd/genbashcomp/gen_kubectl_bash_comp.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3db7688e552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/genbashcomp/gen_kubectl_bash_comp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/cmd/genutils"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
+	cmdutil "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// use os.Args instead of "flags" because "flags" will mess up the man pages!
+	path := "contrib/completions/bash/"
+	if len(os.Args) == 2 {
+		path = os.Args[1]
+	} else if len(os.Args) > 2 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: %s [output directory]\n", os.Args[0])
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	outDir, err := genutils.OutDir(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to get output directory: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	outFile := outDir + "kubectl"
+
+	//TODO os.Stdin should really be something like ioutil.Discard, but a Reader
+	kubectl := cmd.NewKubectlCommand(cmdutil.NewFactory(nil), os.Stdin, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard)
+	kubectl.GenBashCompletionFile(outFile)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gendocs/gen_kubectl_docs.go b/cmd/gendocs/gen_kubectl_docs.go
index d345d550c56..1ab18689458 100644
--- a/cmd/gendocs/gen_kubectl_docs.go
+++ b/cmd/gendocs/gen_kubectl_docs.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/cmd/genutils"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
 	cmdutil "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -29,36 +29,24 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	// use os.Args instead of "flags" because "flags" will mess up the man pages!
-	docsDir := "docs/man/man1/"
+	path := "docs/"
 	if len(os.Args) == 2 {
-		docsDir = os.Args[1]
+		path = os.Args[1]
 	} else if len(os.Args) > 2 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: %s [output directory]\n", os.Args[0])
-		return
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	docsDir, err := filepath.Abs(docsDir)
+	outDir, err := genutils.OutDir(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, err.Error())
-		return
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to get output directory: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	stat, err := os.Stat(docsDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "output directory %s does not exist\n", docsDir)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if !stat.IsDir() {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "output directory %s is not a directory\n", docsDir)
-		return
-	}
-	docsDir = docsDir + "/"
-
 	// Set environment variables used by kubectl so the output is consistent,
 	// regardless of where we run.
 	os.Setenv("HOME", "/home/username")
 	//TODO os.Stdin should really be something like ioutil.Discard, but a Reader
 	kubectl := cmd.NewKubectlCommand(cmdutil.NewFactory(nil), os.Stdin, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard)
-	cobra.GenMarkdownTree(kubectl, docsDir)
+	cobra.GenMarkdownTree(kubectl, outDir)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/genman/gen_kubectl_man.go b/cmd/genman/gen_kubectl_man.go
index 80a844100b9..84bac5e6a83 100644
--- a/cmd/genman/gen_kubectl_man.go
+++ b/cmd/genman/gen_kubectl_man.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/cmd/genutils"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
 	cmdutil "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/mangen"
@@ -34,40 +34,28 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	// use os.Args instead of "flags" because "flags" will mess up the man pages!
-	docsDir := "docs/man/man1/"
+	path := "docs/man/man1"
 	if len(os.Args) == 2 {
-		docsDir = os.Args[1]
+		path = os.Args[1]
 	} else if len(os.Args) > 2 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: %s [output directory]\n", os.Args[0])
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	docsDir, err := filepath.Abs(docsDir)
+	outDir, err := genutils.OutDir(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, err.Error())
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to get output directory: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	stat, err := os.Stat(docsDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "output directory %s does not exist\n", docsDir)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	if !stat.IsDir() {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "output directory %s is not a directory\n", docsDir)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	docsDir = docsDir + "/"
-
 	// Set environment variables used by kubectl so the output is consistent,
 	// regardless of where we run.
 	os.Setenv("HOME", "/home/username")
 	//TODO os.Stdin should really be something like ioutil.Discard, but a Reader
 	kubectl := cmd.NewKubectlCommand(cmdutil.NewFactory(nil), os.Stdin, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard)
-	genMarkdown(kubectl, "", docsDir)
+	genMarkdown(kubectl, "", outDir)
 	for _, c := range kubectl.Commands() {
-		genMarkdown(c, "kubectl", docsDir)
+		genMarkdown(c, "kubectl", outDir)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/genutils/genutils.go b/cmd/genutils/genutils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b772819a37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/genutils/genutils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package genutils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+func OutDir(path string) (string, error) {
+	outDir, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	stat, err := os.Stat(outDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if !stat.IsDir() {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("output directory %s is not a directory\n", outDir)
+	}
+	outDir = outDir + "/"
+	return outDir, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/genutils/genutils_test.go b/cmd/genutils/genutils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56f8de67eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/genutils/genutils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package genutils
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestValidDir(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := OutDir("./")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInvalidDir(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := OutDir("./nondir")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNotDir(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := OutDir("./genutils_test.go")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 4cde434f47e..201d9acea2d 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -149,73 +149,6 @@ __handle_word()
     __handle_word
 }
 
-# call kubectl get $1,
-# use the first column in compgen
-# we could use templates, but then would need a template per resource
-__kubectl_parse_get()
-{
-    local kubectl_output out
-    if kubectl_output=$(kubectl get --no-headers "$1" 2>/dev/null); then
-        out=($(echo "${kubectl_output}" | awk '{print $1}'))
-        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "${out[*]}" -- "$cur" ) )
-    fi
-}
-
-__kubectl_get_resource()
-{
-    if [[ ${#nouns[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-    __kubectl_parse_get ${nouns[${#nouns[@]} -1]}
-    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-}
-
-# $1 is the name of the pod we want to get the list of containers inside
-__kubectl_get_containers()
-{
-    local template
-    template="{{ range .desiredState.manifest.containers  }}{{ .name }} {{ end }}"
-    __debug ${FUNCNAME} "nouns are ${nouns[@]}"
-
-    local len="${#nouns[@]}"
-    if [[ ${len} -ne 1 ]]; then
-        return
-    fi
-    local last=${nouns[${len} -1]}
-    local kubectl_out
-    if kubectl_out=$(kubectl get -o template --template="${template}" pods "${last}" 2>/dev/null); then
-        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "${kubectl_out[*]}" -- "$cur" ) )
-    fi
-}
-
-# Require both a pod and a container to be specified
-__kubectl_require_pod_and_container()
-{
-    if [[ ${#nouns[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
-        __kubectl_parse_get pods
-        return 0
-    fi;
-    __kubectl_get_containers
-    return 0
-}
-
-__custom_func() {
-    case ${last_command} in
-        kubectl_get | kubectl_describe | kubectl_delete | kubectl_stop)
-	    __kubectl_get_resource
-            return
-            ;;
-	kubectl_log)
-	    __kubectl_require_pod_and_container
-	    return
-	    ;;
-        *)
-            ;;
-    esac
-}
-
 _kubectl_get()
 {
     last_command="kubectl_get"
@@ -242,19 +175,6 @@ _kubectl_get()
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
     must_have_one_noun=()
-    must_have_one_noun+=("limitrange")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("resourcequota")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolume")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("service")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("event")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("namespace")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("pod")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("secret")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("replicationcontroller")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("node")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("status")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolumeclaim")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("endpoints")
 }
 
 _kubectl_describe()
@@ -272,15 +192,6 @@ _kubectl_describe()
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
     must_have_one_noun=()
-    must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolume")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolumeclaim")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("pod")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("service")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("node")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("limitrange")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("resourcequota")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("replicationcontroller")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("minion")
 }
 
 _kubectl_create()
@@ -294,17 +205,11 @@ _kubectl_create()
     flags_completion=()
 
     flags+=("--filename=")
-    flags_with_completion+=("--filename")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     two_word_flags+=("-f")
-    flags_with_completion+=("-f")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--filename=")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("-f")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -319,19 +224,12 @@ _kubectl_update()
     flags_completion=()
 
     flags+=("--filename=")
-    flags_with_completion+=("--filename")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     two_word_flags+=("-f")
-    flags_with_completion+=("-f")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
     flags+=("--patch=")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--filename=")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("-f")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--patch=")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -347,11 +245,7 @@ _kubectl_delete()
 
     flags+=("--all")
     flags+=("--filename=")
-    flags_with_completion+=("--filename")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     two_word_flags+=("-f")
-    flags_with_completion+=("-f")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
     flags+=("--selector=")
@@ -409,11 +303,7 @@ _kubectl_rolling-update()
     flags_completion=()
 
     flags+=("--filename=")
-    flags_with_completion+=("--filename")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     two_word_flags+=("-f")
-    flags_with_completion+=("-f")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
     flags+=("--poll-interval=")
@@ -421,8 +311,6 @@ _kubectl_rolling-update()
     flags+=("--update-period=")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--filename=")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("-f")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -443,7 +331,6 @@ _kubectl_resize()
     flags+=("--resource-version=")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--replicas=")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -469,10 +356,6 @@ _kubectl_exec()
     flags+=("-t")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--container=")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("-c")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--pod=")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("-p")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -492,8 +375,6 @@ _kubectl_port-forward()
     two_word_flags+=("-p")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--pod=")
-    must_have_one_flag+=("-p")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -550,7 +431,6 @@ _kubectl_run-container()
     two_word_flags+=("-t")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--image=")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
@@ -566,11 +446,7 @@ _kubectl_stop()
 
     flags+=("--all")
     flags+=("--filename=")
-    flags_with_completion+=("--filename")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     two_word_flags+=("-f")
-    flags_with_completion+=("-f")
-    flags_completion+=("_filedir '@(json|yaml|yml)'")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
     flags+=("--selector=")
@@ -613,7 +489,6 @@ _kubectl_expose()
     two_word_flags+=("-t")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
-    must_have_one_flag+=("--port=")
     must_have_one_noun=()
 }
 
diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 980f77dda5f..60a9fac0471 100644
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ kube::util::host_platform() {
   echo "${host_os}/${host_arch}"
 }
 
+kube::util::find-binary() {
+  local lookfor="${1}"
+  local host_platform="$(kube::util::host_platform)"
+  local locations=(
+    "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/dockerized/bin/${host_platform}/${lookfor}"
+    "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/local/bin/${host_platform}/${lookfor}"
+    "${KUBE_ROOT}/platforms/${host_platform}/${lookfor}"
+  )
+  local bin=$( (ls -t "${locations[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true) | head -1 )
+  echo -n "${bin}"
+}
+
 # Wait for background jobs to finish. Return with
 # an error status if any of the jobs failed.
 kube::util::wait-for-jobs() {
diff --git a/hack/run-gendocs.sh b/hack/run-gendocs.sh
index 912ce64a9c3..3c922788a0e 100755
--- a/hack/run-gendocs.sh
+++ b/hack/run-gendocs.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
-"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" cmd/gendocs cmd/genman
+"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" cmd/gendocs cmd/genman cmd/genbashcomp
 
 # Get the absolute path of the directory component of a file, i.e. the
 # absolute path of the dirname of $1.
@@ -30,65 +30,21 @@ get_absolute_dirname() {
   echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" && pwd)"
 }
 
-# Detect the OS name/arch so that we can find our binary
-case "$(uname -s)" in
-  Darwin)
-    host_os=darwin
-    ;;
-  Linux)
-    host_os=linux
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Unsupported host OS.  Must be Linux or Mac OS X." >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-case "$(uname -m)" in
-  x86_64*)
-    host_arch=amd64
-    ;;
-  i?86_64*)
-    host_arch=amd64
-    ;;
-  amd64*)
-    host_arch=amd64
-    ;;
-  arm*)
-    host_arch=arm
-    ;;
-  i?86*)
-    host_arch=x86
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Unsupported host arch. Must be x86_64, 386 or arm." >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
 # Find binary
-doc_locations=(
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/dockerized/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/gendocs"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/local/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/gendocs"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/platforms/${host_os}/${host_arch}/gendocs"
-)
-gendocs=$( (ls -t "${doc_locations[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true) | head -1 )
-man_locations=(
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/dockerized/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/genman"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/local/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/genman"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/platforms/${host_os}/${host_arch}/genman"
-)
-genman=$( (ls -t "${man_locations[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true) | head -1 )
+gendocs=$(kube::util::find-binary "gendocs")
+genman=$(kube::util::find-binary "genman")
+genbashcomp=$(kube::util::find-binary "genbashcomp")
 
-if [[ ! -x "$gendocs" || ! -x "$genman" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -x "$gendocs" || ! -x "$genman" || ! -x "$genbashcomp" ]]; then
   {
-    echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled gendocs or genman binary"
+    echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled gendocs, genman, or genbashcomp binary"
     echo
     echo "If you are running from a clone of the git repo, please run"
-    echo "'./hack/build-go.sh cmd/gendocs cmd/genman'."
+    echo "'./hack/build-go.sh cmd/gendocs cmd/genman cmd/genbashcomp'."
   } >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
 ${gendocs} "${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/"
 ${genman} "${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/man/man1/"
+${genbashcomp} "${KUBE_ROOT}/contrib/completions/bash/"
diff --git a/hack/verify-gendocs.sh b/hack/verify-gendocs.sh
index 33ba6babf60..77c1a79c471 100755
--- a/hack/verify-gendocs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-gendocs.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
-"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" cmd/gendocs cmd/genman
+"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" cmd/gendocs cmd/genman cmd/genbashcomp
 
 # Get the absolute path of the directory component of a file, i.e. the
 # absolute path of the dirname of $1.
@@ -30,63 +30,16 @@ get_absolute_dirname() {
   echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" && pwd)"
 }
 
-# Detect the OS name/arch so that we can find our binary
-case "$(uname -s)" in
-  Darwin)
-    host_os=darwin
-    ;;
-  Linux)
-    host_os=linux
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Unsupported host OS.  Must be Linux or Mac OS X." >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
+gendocs=$(kube::util::find-binary "gendocs")
+genman=$(kube::util::find-binary "genman")
+genbashcomp=$(kube::util::find-binary "genbashcomp")
 
-case "$(uname -m)" in
-  x86_64*)
-    host_arch=amd64
-    ;;
-  i?86_64*)
-    host_arch=amd64
-    ;;
-  amd64*)
-    host_arch=amd64
-    ;;
-  arm*)
-    host_arch=arm
-    ;;
-  i?86*)
-    host_arch=x86
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Unsupported host arch. Must be x86_64, 386 or arm." >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# Find binary
-locations=(
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/dockerized/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/gendocs"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/local/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/gendocs"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/platforms/${host_os}/${host_arch}/gendocs"
-)
-gendocs=$( (ls -t "${locations[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true) | head -1 )
-
-locations=(
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/dockerized/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/genman"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/local/bin/${host_os}/${host_arch}/genman"
-  "${KUBE_ROOT}/platforms/${host_os}/${host_arch}/genman"
-)
-genman=$( (ls -t "${locations[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true) | head -1 )
-
-if [[ ! -x "$gendocs" || ! -x "$genman" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -x "$gendocs" || ! -x "$genman" || ! -x "$genbashcomp" ]]; then
   {
-    echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled gendocs or genman binary"
+    echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled gendocs, genman, or genbashcomp binary"
     echo
     echo "If you are running from a clone of the git repo, please run"
-    echo "'./hack/build-go.sh cmd/gendocs cmd/genman'."
+    echo "'./hack/build-go.sh cmd/gendocs cmd/genman cmd/genbashcomp'."
   } >&2
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -109,3 +62,20 @@ else
 	echo "${DOCROOT} is out of date. Please run hack/run-gendocs.sh"
 	exit 1
 fi
+
+COMPROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/contrib/completions"
+TMP_COMPROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/contrib/completions_tmp"
+cp -a "${COMPROOT}" "${TMP_COMPROOT}"
+${genbashcomp} "${TMP_COMPROOT}/bash/"
+set +e
+diff -Naupr "${COMPROOT}" "${TMP_COMPROOT}"
+ret=$?
+set -e
+rm -rf ${TMP_COMPROOT}
+if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
+then
+	echo "${COMPROOT} up to date."
+else
+	echo "${COMPROOT} is out of date. Please run hack/run-gendocs.sh"
+	exit 1
+fi