diff --git a/tests/xfs/293 b/tests/xfs/293
index d1a28533..ade60154 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/293
+++ b/tests/xfs/293
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ _supported_os IRIX Linux
 echo "Silence is golden"
 
 for COMMAND in `$XFS_IO_PROG -c help | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v "^Use"`; do
-  man xfs_io | col -b | grep -wq $COMMAND || \
+  man xfs_io | col -b | grep -wq "   $COMMAND" || \
 	echo "$COMMAND not documented in the xfs_io manpage"
 done