diff --git a/tests/spoof/tesseract_badutf8.py b/tests/spoof/tesseract_badutf8.py
index ba21bb17..472a47a9 100755
--- a/tests/spoof/tesseract_badutf8.py
+++ b/tests/spoof/tesseract_badutf8.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def main():
     elif sys.argv[1] == '--list-langs':
         print('List of available languages (1):\neng', file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(0)
-    elif sys.argv[1] == '--print-parameters':
+    elif sys.argv[-2] == '--print-parameters':
         print("Some parameters", file=sys.stderr)
         print("textonly_pdf\t1\tSome help text")
         sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/tests/spoof/tesseract_big_image_error.py b/tests/spoof/tesseract_big_image_error.py
index d3ee53d8..8b710bee 100755
--- a/tests/spoof/tesseract_big_image_error.py
+++ b/tests/spoof/tesseract_big_image_error.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main():
     elif sys.argv[1] == '--list-langs':
         print('List of available languages (1):\neng\n', file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(0)
-    elif sys.argv[1] == '--print-parameters':
+    elif sys.argv[-2] == '--print-parameters':
         print('A parameter list would go here\ntextonly_pdf 0\n', file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(0)
     elif sys.argv[-2] == 'hocr':
diff --git a/tests/spoof/tesseract_crash.py b/tests/spoof/tesseract_crash.py
index 8b6f90d8..03c7dbde 100755
--- a/tests/spoof/tesseract_crash.py
+++ b/tests/spoof/tesseract_crash.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def main():
     elif sys.argv[1] == '--list-langs':
         print('List of available languages (1):\neng', file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(0)
-    elif sys.argv[1] == '--print-parameters':
+    elif sys.argv[-2] == '--print-parameters':
         print('A parameter list would go here\ntextonly_pdf 0\n', file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(0)
     elif sys.argv[-2] == 'hocr':
diff --git a/tests/spoof/tesseract_noop.py b/tests/spoof/tesseract_noop.py
index cdb71664..857c3e2a 100755
--- a/tests/spoof/tesseract_noop.py
+++ b/tests/spoof/tesseract_noop.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def main():
     elif sys.argv[1] == '--list-langs':
         print('List of available languages (1):\neng', file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(0)
-    elif sys.argv[1] == '--print-parameters':
+    elif sys.argv[-2] == '--print-parameters':
         print("Some parameters", file=sys.stderr)
         print("textonly_pdf\t1\tSome help text")
         sys.exit(0)