diff --git a/bin/pm2 b/bin/pm2
index a76efdba2..aeb4aa481 100755
--- a/bin/pm2
+++ b/bin/pm2
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ commander.version(pkg.version)
   .option('--trace', 'enable transaction tracing with km')
   .option('--disable-trace', 'disable transaction tracing with km')
   .option('--attach', 'attach logging after your start/restart/stop/reload')
-  .option('--sort', 'sort process according to field\'s name')
+  .option('--sort <field_name:sort>', 'sort process according to field\'s name')
   .usage('[cmd] app');
 
 commander.on('--help', function() {
diff --git a/lib/API/CliUx.js b/lib/API/CliUx.js
index ade73f72f..a25f72e01 100644
--- a/lib/API/CliUx.js
+++ b/lib/API/CliUx.js
@@ -230,13 +230,7 @@ UX.dispAsTable = function(list, commander) {
   };
 
   if(commander && commander.sort) {
-
-    for(var i = 0; i < commander.rawArgs.length; i++) {
-      if(commander.rawArgs[i].indexOf('--sort=') === 0) {
-        sort = commander.rawArgs[i].replace('--sort=', '').split(':');
-        break;
-      }
-    }
+    sort = commander.sort.split(':');
 
     if(fields[sort[0].toLowerCase()]) {
       sortField = sort[0].toLowerCase();