diff --git a/lib/pry/default_commands/introspection.rb b/lib/pry/default_commands/introspection.rb
index da00befe..25268492 100644
--- a/lib/pry/default_commands/introspection.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/default_commands/introspection.rb
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ class Pry
         end
       end
 
-      alias_command "show-method", "show-source"
-      alias_command "$", "show-source"
+      alias_command "show-method", "show-source", :shellwords => false
+      alias_command "$", "show-source", :shellwords => false
 
       command "show-command", "Show the source for CMD." do |*args|
         target = target()