diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/lldb-vscode.cpp
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@
     text = text.substr(1);
     actual_column--;
   } else {
-    text = "p " + text;
+    text = "expression -- " + text;
     actual_column += 2;
   }
   lldb::SBStringList matches;