1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/procps/pgrep.c b/procps/pgrep.c
index 2ebcca1c0..e4dfacb54 100644
--- a/procps/pgrep.c
+++ b/procps/pgrep.c
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ int pgrep_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 first_arg = argv[first_arg_idx];
                 if (!first_arg)
                         break;
+                /* not "-<small_letter>..."? */
                 if (first_arg[0] != '-' || first_arg[1] < 'a' || first_arg[1] > 'z') {
-                        argv[first_arg_idx] = NULL;
+                        argv[first_arg_idx] = NULL; /* terminate argv here */
                         break;
                 }
                 first_arg_idx++;