diff --git a/display/d.vect/d.vect.html b/display/d.vect/d.vect.html
index 95ebcb5caf2..4ba8494c41f 100644
--- a/display/d.vect/d.vect.html
+++ b/display/d.vect/d.vect.html
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ <h2>NOTES</h2>
 which allow the user to specify vector type, colors, data fields, SQL
 queries, label size and justification, etc.
 
+<p>When <em>d.vect</em> is used with <b>where</b> parameter on MS Windows
+Command Prompt, it is important to use <tt>&#710;</tt>
+carret symbol for escaping special characters <tt>&lt; &gt; ( ) &amp; &#124; , ; &quot;</tt>.
+<div class="code"><pre>
+d.vect map=vector_map where="cat &#710;&gt; 10 AND cat &#710;&lt; 20"
+</pre></div>
+
 <p>By default <em>d.vect</em> areas are filled with <b>fill_color</b> and
 outlined with <b>color</b>. Area outlines can be suppressed with
 <div class="code"><pre>
diff --git a/python/grass/script/utils.py b/python/grass/script/utils.py
index 4182a6eb53b..f974c4d12f3 100644
--- a/python/grass/script/utils.py
+++ b/python/grass/script/utils.py
@@ -326,13 +326,27 @@ def get_num_suffix(number, max_number):
 
 
 def split(s):
-    """!Platform specific shlex.split"""
-    if sys.version_info >= (2, 6):
-        return shlex.split(s, posix=(sys.platform != "win32"))
-    elif sys.platform == "win32":
-        return shlex.split(s.replace("\\", r"\\"))
-    else:
-        return shlex.split(s)
+    """Same shlex.split() func on all OS platforms
+
+    We don't use parameter posix=True on the OS MS Windows due to incorrectly
+    splitting command line parameters:
+
+    e.g. d.vect where="cat < 10"
+
+    is split incorrectly as follows:
+
+    'where="cat', '<', '10"'
+
+    Should be:
+
+    'where=cat < 10'
+
+
+    :param str s: cmd string
+
+    return list: cmd list
+    """
+    return shlex.split(s)
 
 
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