diff --git a/Bot_Usage.md b/Bot_Usage.md
index fd8cd59..5c1b761 100644
--- a/Bot_Usage.md
+++ b/Bot_Usage.md
@@ -919,6 +919,8 @@ in one reply. Arguments:
 - An explicit path string (comma-separated hex hops) -- reports on that path
   instead of your message's path. Hops must be uniform 1/2/3-byte hex
   (e.g. `d690,abcd,4f3d`).
+- A `#` ends argument parsing: it and everything after it is ignored (so a
+  pasted channel tag or trailing comment isn't misread as a path string).
 
 ```
 !path                   → @[Alice] [4h] d690,da1c,34de,81bb route: ~8.5mi, direct: ~6.5mi, https://da.gd/abcd
diff --git a/commands/path.py b/commands/path.py
index b5b88f9..75ba3a8 100644
--- a/commands/path.py
+++ b/commands/path.py
@@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ def _parse_path_arg(path_arg):
 
 async def handle(ctx):
     # args: 'k' switches distances to kilometers. anything else is treated
-    # as a comma-separated path string.
-    parts = ctx.message_text.split()
+    # as a comma-separated path string. a '#' ends argument parsing — it and
+    # everything after it (e.g. a pasted channel tag or comment) is ignored.
+    parts = ctx.message_text.split("#", 1)[0].split()
     args = parts[1:]
     unit = "km" if any(t.lower() == "k" for t in args) else "mi"
     u = "mi" if unit == "mi" else "km"
diff --git a/tests/test_path_resolve.py b/tests/test_path_resolve.py
index 56b255d..a5a51bb 100644
--- a/tests/test_path_resolve.py
+++ b/tests/test_path_resolve.py
@@ -149,6 +149,30 @@ async def test_neighbour_hop_anchors_without_bot_or_sender(bot_factory):
         "neighbouring located hop anchors the collision (no bot/sender loc)"
 
 
+def full_ctx(bot, text):
+    # handle()-level ctx: no inbound path, so without a path argument the
+    # command answers the no-path reply.
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        bot=bot, message_text=text, sender_name="bob",
+        sender_pubkey=None, sender_pubkey_prefix=None,
+        path=None, path_len=None, path_hash_mode=None,
+    )
+
+
+async def test_hash_ends_argument_parsing(bot_factory):
+    bot = bot_factory()
+    # '#…' must not be read as a path argument (it used to reply with a
+    # hex-format error); with no own path this falls through to no-path.
+    r = await pathcmd.handle(full_ctx(bot, "!path #general and stuff"))
+    assert r == "@[bob] direct (no path)"
+    # 'k' before the '#' is still honored
+    r = await pathcmd.handle(full_ctx(bot, "!path k #general"))
+    assert r == "@[bob] direct (no path)"
+    # a real argument before the '#' is still parsed as a path string
+    r = await pathcmd.handle(full_ctx(bot, "!path zzzz #general"))
+    assert "invalid hex hop" in r
+
+
 async def test_radius_zero_still_disambiguates_two_located(bot_factory):
     bot = bot_factory()
     await set_bot_location(bot, 32.0, -96.0)