diff --git a/localization/strings/en-US/Resources.resw b/localization/strings/en-US/Resources.resw
index 55a700b83..1a9b8cbd8 100644
--- a/localization/strings/en-US/Resources.resw
+++ b/localization/strings/en-US/Resources.resw
@@ -960,6 +960,10 @@ Falling back to NAT networking.</value>
     <value>Update failed (exit code: {}).</value>
     <comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
   </data>
+  <data name="MessageUninstallNoArguments" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>{} does not take any arguments. To unregister a distribution, use {} instead.</value>
+    <comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
+  </data>
   <data name="MessageUninstallFailed" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Uninstall failed (exit code: {}).</value>
     <comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
diff --git a/src/windows/common/WslClient.cpp b/src/windows/common/WslClient.cpp
index 49cdb5ef7..e1f3a0f1f 100644
--- a/src/windows/common/WslClient.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/common/WslClient.cpp
@@ -1751,6 +1751,15 @@ int WslMain(_In_ std::wstring_view commandLine)
         }
         else if (argument == WSL_UNINSTALL_ARG)
         {
+            commandLine = wsl::windows::common::helpers::ConsumeArgument(commandLine, argument);
+            argument = wsl::windows::common::helpers::ParseArgument(commandLine);
+            if (!argument.empty())
+            {
+                wsl::windows::common::wslutil::PrintMessage(
+                    Localization::MessageUninstallNoArguments(WSL_UNINSTALL_ARG, WSL_UNREGISTER_ARG), stdout);
+                return exitCode;
+            }
+
             return Uninstall();
         }
         else
diff --git a/test/windows/UnitTests.cpp b/test/windows/UnitTests.cpp
index f97e96455..0b84655fe 100644
--- a/test/windows/UnitTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/UnitTests.cpp
@@ -6562,5 +6562,13 @@ Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/WSL_E_INVALID_JSON\r\n",
         VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(result.ExitCode, 0);
     }
 
+    TEST_METHOD(UninstallRejectsArguments)
+    {
+        VerifyOutput(
+            L"--uninstall Distro",
+            wsl::shared::Localization::MessageUninstallNoArguments(WSL_UNINSTALL_ARG, WSL_UNREGISTER_ARG) + L"\r\n",
+            -1);
+    }
+
 }; // namespace UnitTests
 } // namespace UnitTests