diff --git a/cmd-show-options.c b/cmd-show-options.c
index b9bfe5ee..5929e915 100644
--- a/cmd-show-options.c
+++ b/cmd-show-options.c
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ cmd_show_options_one(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item,
 			cmdq_error(item, "ambiguous option: %s", name);
 			return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
 		}
-		if (options_match_get(oo, name, &idx, 0, &ambiguous) != NULL)
+		if (*name != '@' &&
+		    options_match_get(oo, name, &idx, 0, &ambiguous) != NULL)
 			return (CMD_RETURN_NORMAL);
 		cmdq_error(item, "unknown option: %s", name);
 		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 9c260e26..0375c0a4 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ options_match(const char *s, int *idx, int* ambiguous)
 	name = options_parse(s, idx);
 	namelen = strlen(name);
 
+	*idx = -1;
+	if (*name == '@') {
+		*ambiguous = 0;
+		return (xstrdup(name));
+	}
+
 	found = NULL;
 	for (oe = options_table; oe->name != NULL; oe++) {
 		if (strcmp(oe->name, name) == 0) {