diff --git a/src/utils/veditutils.cpp b/src/utils/veditutils.cpp
index 808769c6..4467cce6 100644
--- a/src/utils/veditutils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/veditutils.cpp
@@ -919,14 +919,21 @@ void VEditUtils::insertTitleMark(QTextCursor &p_cursor,
 
 void VEditUtils::findCurrentWord(QTextCursor p_cursor,
                                  int &p_start,
-                                 int &p_end)
+                                 int &p_end,
+                                 bool p_findPrecedingWord)
 {
     QString text = p_cursor.block().text();
     int pib = p_cursor.positionInBlock();
 
     if (pib < text.size() && text[pib].isSpace()) {
-        p_start = p_end = p_cursor.position();
-        return;
+        if (!p_findPrecedingWord
+            || pib == 0
+            || text[pib - 1].isSpace()) {
+            p_start = p_end = p_cursor.position();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        p_cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::PreviousCharacter);
     }
 
     p_cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::StartOfWord);
diff --git a/src/utils/veditutils.h b/src/utils/veditutils.h
index b164e831..ca5da4e6 100644
--- a/src/utils/veditutils.h
+++ b/src/utils/veditutils.h
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ public:
     // @p_start will equals to @p_end if @p_cursor is a space.
     static void findCurrentWord(QTextCursor p_cursor,
                                 int &p_start,
-                                int &p_end);
+                                int &p_end,
+                                bool p_findPrecedingWord = false);
 
     // Find the start and end of the WORD @p_cursor locates in (within a single block).
     // @p_start and @p_end will be the global position of the start and end of the WORD.
diff --git a/src/veditor.cpp b/src/veditor.cpp
index 526b68f5..0b66c6e1 100644
--- a/src/veditor.cpp
+++ b/src/veditor.cpp
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ QStringList VEditor::generateCompletionCandidates() const
     QString content = getContent();
     QTextCursor cursor = textCursorW();
     int start, end;
-    VEditUtils::findCurrentWord(cursor, start, end);
+    VEditUtils::findCurrentWord(cursor, start, end, true);
 
     QRegExp reg("\\W+");