diff --git a/cmd/backup.go b/cmd/backup.go
index 18309017f..4e4317cfc 100644
--- a/cmd/backup.go
+++ b/cmd/backup.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ func newFullBackupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "full",
 		Short: "backup all database",
+		// prevents incorrect usage like `--checksum false` instead of `--checksum=false`.
+		// the former, according to pflag parsing rules, means `--checksum=true false`.
+		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			// empty db/table means full backup.
 			return runBackupCommand(command, "Full backup")
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ func newDBBackupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "db",
 		Short: "backup a database",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runBackupCommand(command, "Database backup")
 		},
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@ func newTableBackupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "table",
 		Short: "backup a table",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runBackupCommand(command, "Table backup")
 		},
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ func newRawBackupCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "raw",
 		Short: "(experimental) backup a raw kv range from TiKV cluster",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runBackupRawCommand(command, "Raw backup")
 		},
diff --git a/cmd/debug.go b/cmd/debug.go
index 35f6e502d..65ad9ea6d 100644
--- a/cmd/debug.go
+++ b/cmd/debug.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func newCheckSumCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "checksum",
 		Short: "check the backup data",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GetDefaultContext())
 			defer cancel()
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ func newBackupMetaCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "backupmeta",
 		Short: "check the backup meta",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GetDefaultContext())
 			defer cancel()
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ func decodeBackupMetaCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	decodeBackupMetaCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "decode",
 		Short: "decode backupmeta to json",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GetDefaultContext())
 			defer cancel()
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ func encodeBackupMetaCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	encodeBackupMetaCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "encode",
 		Short: "encode backupmeta json file to backupmeta",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GetDefaultContext())
 			defer cancel()
@@ -347,6 +351,7 @@ func setPDConfigCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	pdConfigCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "reset-pd-config-as-default",
 		Short: "reset pd config adjusted by BR to default value",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GetDefaultContext())
 			defer cancel()
diff --git a/cmd/restore.go b/cmd/restore.go
index 58cbedb29..cb4d8d786 100644
--- a/cmd/restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restore.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func newFullRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "full",
 		Short: "restore all tables",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runRestoreCommand(cmd, "Full restore")
 		},
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ func newDBRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "db",
 		Short: "restore tables in a database",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runRestoreCommand(cmd, "Database restore")
 		},
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ func newTableRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "table",
 		Short: "restore a table",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runRestoreCommand(cmd, "Table restore")
 		},
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ func newLogRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "cdclog",
 		Short: "(experimental) restore data from cdc log backup",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runLogRestoreCommand(cmd)
 		},
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@ func newTiflashReplicaRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "tiflash-replica",
 		Short: "restore the tiflash replica removed by a failed restore of the older version BR",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runRestoreTiflashReplicaCommand(cmd, "Restore TiFlash Replica")
 		},
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ func newRawRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "raw",
 		Short: "(experimental) restore a raw kv range to TiKV cluster",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			return runRestoreRawCommand(cmd, "Raw restore")
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/task/common.go b/pkg/task/common.go
index 1f5e6aa64..569be489c 100644
--- a/pkg/task/common.go
+++ b/pkg/task/common.go
@@ -420,11 +420,11 @@ func flagToZapField(f *pflag.Flag) zap.Field {
 
 // LogArguments prints origin command arguments.
 func LogArguments(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	var fields []zap.Field
-	cmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		if f.Changed {
-			fields = append(fields, flagToZapField(f))
-		}
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+	fields := make([]zap.Field, 1, flags.NFlag()+1)
+	fields[0] = zap.String("__command", cmd.CommandPath())
+	flags.Visit(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
+		fields = append(fields, flagToZapField(f))
 	})
 	log.Info("arguments", fields...)
 }