diff --git a/FileDeduplicator.Test/ExitCodeTests.cs b/FileDeduplicator.Test/ExitCodeTests.cs
index 90a69c7..ce9db04 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator.Test/ExitCodeTests.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator.Test/ExitCodeTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private static int ExitCodeOfCommandLine(params string[] args)
 		_ = ConsoleCapture.Run(
 			captured =>
 			{
-				using Parser parser = new(settings => settings.HelpWriter = captured);
+				using Parser parser = Program.CreateParser(captured);
 				return Program.Run(parser, args);
 			},
 			string.Empty,
@@ -122,6 +122,48 @@ public void DeduplicateExitsOneWhenADeletionFails()
 	public void AnUnknownOptionExitsTwo() =>
 		Assert.AreEqual(2, ExitCodeOfCommandLine("Scan", "--nope"));
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ALowercaseVerbRunsThatVerb()
+	{
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		string missing = Path.Combine(tree.Root.WeakString, "not-there");
+
+		// Scan of a missing directory exits 1; the Menu it used to fall through to exits 0 at end of input
+		Assert.AreEqual(1, ExitCodeOfCommandLine("scan", "-p", missing));
+		Assert.AreEqual(0, ExitCodeOfCommandLine("scan", "-p", tree.Root.WeakString));
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void AnUnknownVerbExitsTwo()
+	{
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		Assert.AreEqual(2, ExitCodeOfCommandLine("dedupe", "-p", tree.Root.WeakString));
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void AStrayPositionalArgumentExitsTwo()
+	{
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		Assert.AreEqual(2, ExitCodeOfCommandLine("Scan", "-p", tree.Root.WeakString, "extra"));
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void APathGivenWithoutDashPExitsTwoWithoutPrompting()
+	{
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		string output = ConsoleCapture.Run(
+			captured =>
+			{
+				using Parser parser = Program.CreateParser(captured);
+				return Program.Run(parser, ["Deduplicate", tree.Root.WeakString]);
+			},
+			"y",
+			out int exitCode);
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(2, exitCode);
+		Assert.IsFalse(output.Contains("Enter the path", StringComparison.Ordinal), output);
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void AskingForHelpExitsZero() =>
 		Assert.AreEqual(0, ExitCodeOfCommandLine("--help"));
diff --git a/FileDeduplicator/Program.cs b/FileDeduplicator/Program.cs
index f67ada2..e2cd608 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator/Program.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator/Program.cs
@@ -24,9 +24,25 @@ internal static class Program
 	private static int Main(string[] args)
 	{
 		Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
-		return Run(Parser.Default, args);
+		using Parser parser = CreateParser(Console.Error);
+		return Run(parser, args);
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Creates the parser <see cref="Main"/> uses.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Verb names match in any case. Otherwise <c>scan -p dir</c> names no verb, falls through to the
+	/// default Menu verb, and exits 0 without scanning (ktsu-dev/FileDeduplicator#195).
+	/// </remarks>
+	/// <param name="helpWriter">Where help and parse errors are written.</param>
+	/// <returns>The parser.</returns>
+	internal static Parser CreateParser(TextWriter helpWriter) => new(settings =>
+	{
+		settings.CaseSensitive = false;
+		settings.HelpWriter = helpWriter;
+	});
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Parses <paramref name="args"/> with <paramref name="parser"/> and runs the verb they name.
 	/// </summary>
diff --git a/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs b/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs
index 56baa30..c154508 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ internal abstract class BaseVerb : ICommand
 	[Option('p', "path", Required = false, HelpText = "The root path to scan for files.")]
 	public string? PathString { get; set; }
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets or sets the positional arguments on the command line, which no verb takes. The parser would
+	/// otherwise drop them silently: an unknown verb name lands here on the default Menu verb, and a
+	/// path given without <c>-p</c> would leave the verb prompting for one.
+	/// </summary>
+	[Value(0, Hidden = true)]
+	public IEnumerable<string> UnexpectedArguments { get; set; } = [];
+
 	public abstract bool IsActive { get; }
 
 	internal AbsoluteDirectoryPath Path => System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(PathString ?? ".").As<AbsoluteDirectoryPath>();
@@ -26,7 +34,10 @@ internal abstract class BaseVerb : ICommand
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Runs the verb.
 	/// </summary>
-	/// <returns>The process exit code: 0 on success, 1 when the run failed or the user aborted.</returns>
+	/// <returns>
+	/// The process exit code: 0 on success, 1 when the run failed or the user aborted, and 2 when the
+	/// command line had <see cref="UnexpectedArguments"/>.
+	/// </returns>
 	public abstract int Run();
 
 	/// <summary>
@@ -59,6 +70,13 @@ public override int Run()
 		try
 		{
 			ExitCode = 0;
+			if (UnexpectedArguments.Any())
+			{
+				string commands = string.Join(", ", Program.Verbs.Where(verb => verb != typeof(Menu)).Select(verb => verb.Name));
+				Console.WriteLine($"Unexpected argument: {string.Join(' ', UnexpectedArguments)}. Commands: {commands}. Give the path with -p.");
+				return 2;
+			}
+
 			if (!ValidateArgs() || (ScansADirectory && (!IsRepresentablePath() || !FileScanner.IsScannableDirectory(Path))))
 			{
 				return 1;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d133e20..7ba486e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ FileDeduplicator Deduplicate -p "C:\path\to\directory"
 FileDeduplicator Stats -p "C:\path\to\directory"
 ```
 
+Command names match in any case, so `scan` runs `Scan`. An unknown command, or any argument other
+than an option such as a path given without `-p`, is an error and exits 2 rather than being ignored.
+
 ### Options
 
 | Option | Description |