diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/En.rc b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/En.rc
index c2ecb83cea4..a9d626edd33 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/En.rc
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/En.rc
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ CMD [/[C|K] command][/P][/Q][/T:bf]\n\n\
   /T:bf       Sets the background/foreground color (see COLOR command)."
 
 STRING_COLOR_HELP1, "Sets the default foreground and background colors.\n\n\
-COLOR [attr [/F]] \n\n\
+COLOR [attr [/-F]] \n\n\
   attr        Specifies color attribute of console output\n\
-  /F          fill the console with color attribute\n\n\
+  /-F         Does not fill the console blank space with color attribute\n\n\
 There are three ways to specify the colors:\n\
 1) [bright] name on [bright] name  (only the first three letters are required)\n\
 2) decimal on decimal\n\
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c
index c6761ccc102..9541c7cb64f 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static VOID ColorHelp (VOID)
 }
 
 
-VOID SetScreenColor (WORD wColor, BOOL bFill)
+VOID SetScreenColor (WORD wColor, BOOL bNoFill)
 {
 	DWORD dwWritten;
 	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ VOID SetScreenColor (WORD wColor, BOOL bFill)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if (bFill == TRUE)
+		if (bNoFill != TRUE)
 		{
 			GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo (hConsole, &csbi);
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ INT CommandColor (LPTSTR first, LPTSTR rest)
 	{
 		/* set default color */
 		wColor = wDefColor;
-		SetScreenColor (wColor, TRUE);
+		SetScreenColor (wColor, FALSE);
 		return 0;
 	}
     
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ INT CommandColor (LPTSTR first, LPTSTR rest)
 
 	/* set color */
 	SetScreenColor(wColor,
-	               (_tcsstr (rest,_T("/F")) || _tcsstr (rest,_T("/f"))));
+	               (_tcsstr (rest,_T("/-F")) || _tcsstr (rest,_T("/-f"))));
 
 	return 0;
 }