diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a49bd2..6d7a200 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 ## Design ##
 
-UTest is a single header library to enable all the fun of unit testing in C and C++. The library has been designed to provide an output similar to Google's googletest framework;
+UTest is a single header library to enable all the fun of unit testing in C and C++. The library has been designed to provide an output similar to Google's googletest framework:
 
     [==========] Running 1 test cases.
     [ RUN      ] foo.bar

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a49bd2..6d7a200 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 ## Design ##
 
-UTest is a single header library to enable all the fun of unit testing in C and C++. The library has been designed to provide an output similar to Google's googletest framework;
+UTest is a single header library to enable all the fun of unit testing in C and C++. The library has been designed to provide an output similar to Google's googletest framework:
 
     [==========] Running 1 test cases.
     [ RUN      ] foo.bar
diff --git a/utest.h b/utest.h
index 90ee593..f4247d7 100644
--- a/utest.h
+++ b/utest.h
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
     const char filter_str[] = "--filter=";
     const char output_str[] = "--output=";
 
-    if (0 == strncmp(argv[index], help_str, strlen(help_str))) {
+    if (0 == strcmp(argv[index], help_str)) {
       printf("utest.h - the single file unit testing solution for C/C++!\n"
              "Command line Options:\n"
              "  --help            Show this message and exit.\n"
@@ -530,10 +530,10 @@
              "  --output=<output> Output an xunit XML file to the file "
              "specified in <output>.\n");
       goto cleanup;
-    } else if (0 == strncmp(argv[index], filter_str, strlen(filter_str))) {
+    } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[index], filter_str)) {
       // user wants to filter what test cases run!
       filter = argv[index] + strlen(filter_str);
-    } else if (0 == strncmp(argv[index], output_str, strlen(output_str))) {
+    } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[index], output_str)) {
       utest_state.output = fopen(argv[index] + strlen(output_str), "w+");
     }
   }