1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ps.c b/ps.c
index 1b3f4fb6c..8d59700fd 100644
--- a/ps.c
+++ b/ps.c
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ extern int ps_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 
 
-        if (argc > 1 && **(argv + 1) == '-')
+        if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
                 usage ("ps\n\nReport process status\n\nThis version of ps accepts no options.\n");
+        }
 
         dir = opendir("/proc");
         if (!dir)