1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 2aecbaac2..2c61aa646 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ int date_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
         if (!(opt & (DATE_OPT_SET | DATE_OPT_DATE))) {
                 opt |= DATE_OPT_SET;
                 date_str = argv[0]; /* can be NULL */
+        } else if (argv[0]) {
+                bb_show_usage();
         }
 
         /* Now we have parsed all the information except the date format