diff --git a/bin/spark-shell2.cmd b/bin/spark-shell2.cmd
index 02f51fe59a911e8e946968e896de00115bc1b807..00fd30fa38d360febb341726bbf2bc7422765557 100644
--- a/bin/spark-shell2.cmd
+++ b/bin/spark-shell2.cmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rem
 
 set SPARK_HOME=%~dp0..
 
-echo "%*" | findstr " --help -h" >nul
+echo "%*" | findstr " \<--help\> \<-h\>" >nul
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 (
   call :usage
   exit /b 0