diff --git a/src/dotnet/ParseResultExtensions.cs b/src/dotnet/ParseResultExtensions.cs
index 1eeac1662..894f494fb 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ParseResultExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/ParseResultExtensions.cs
@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.CommandLine;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
 {
+    public static class ParserExtensions
+    {
+        public static ParseResult ParseFrom(
+            this CommandLine.Parser parser,
+            string context,
+            string[] args) =>
+            parser.Parse(context.Split(' ').Concat(args).ToArray());
+    }
+
     public static class ParseResultExtensions
     {
-        public static void ShowHelp(this ParseResult parseResult) => 
+        public static void ShowHelp(this ParseResult parseResult) =>
             Console.WriteLine(parseResult.Command().HelpView());
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommand.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommand.cs
index c314f4141..444ecfe08 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommand.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommand.cs
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
                 DebugHelper.HandleDebugSwitch(ref args);
 
                 // get the parser for the current subcommand
-                var parser = Parser.Instance["dotnet"]["complete"];
+                var parser = Parser.Instance;
 
                 // parse the arguments
-                var result = parser.Parse(args);
+                var result = parser.ParseFrom("dotnet complete", args);
 
                 var complete = result["complete"];
 
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommandParser.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommandParser.cs
index f8313355a..c42db5fc1 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommandParser.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-complete/CompleteCommandParser.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
             Create.Command(
                 "complete", "",
                 Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
-                      .With(name: "path")
-                      .MaterializeAs(o => int.Parse(o.Arguments.Single())),
+                      .With(name: "path"),
                 Create.Option("--position", "",
-                    Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
-                          .With(name: "command")));
+                              Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
+                                    .With(name: "command")
+                                    .MaterializeAs(o => int.Parse(o.Arguments.Single()))));
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs
index 65ab11442..39d42a87f 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-restore/Program.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.CommandLine;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.MSBuild;
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Restore
         {
             DebugHelper.HandleDebugSwitch(ref args);
 
-            var parser = Parser.Instance["dotnet"];
+            var parser = Parser.Instance;
 
-            var result = parser.Parse(args);
+            var result = parser.ParseFrom("dotnet restore", args);
 
             Reporter.Verbose.WriteLine(result.Diagram());
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/ParserTests/RestoreParserTests.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/ParserTests/RestoreParserTests.cs
index 2dc32cde9..44733f907 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/ParserTests/RestoreParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/ParserTests/RestoreParserTests.cs
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.ParserTests
         [Fact]
         public void RestoreCapturesArgumentsToForwardToMSBuildWhenTargetIsSpecified()
         {
-            var parser = Parser.Instance["dotnet"];
+            var parser = Parser.Instance["dotnet"]["restore"];
 
-            var result = parser.Parse(@"restore .\some.csproj --packages c:\.nuget\packages /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true");
+            var result = parser.Parse(@".\some.csproj --packages c:\.nuget\packages /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true");
 
             output.WriteLine(result.Diagram());
 
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.ParserTests
         [Fact]
         public void RestoreCapturesArgumentsToForwardToMSBuildWhenTargetIsNotSpecified()
         {
-            var parser = Parser.Instance["dotnet"];
+            var parser = Parser.Instance["dotnet"]["restore"];
 
-            var result = parser.Parse(@"restore --packages c:\.nuget\packages /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true");
+            var result = parser.Parse(@"--packages c:\.nuget\packages /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true");
 
             output.WriteLine(result.Diagram());