diff --git a/pkg/commands/options/filestuff.go b/pkg/commands/options/filestuff.go
index 2820aa5468..4c547b0cb8 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/options/filestuff.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/options/filestuff.go
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ func AddFileArg(cmd *cobra.Command, fo *FilenameOptions) {
 		"Filename, directory, or URL to files to use to create the resource")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&fo.Recursive, "recursive", "R", fo.Recursive,
 		"Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.")
+
+	if err := cmd.MarkFlagFilename("filename", "yaml", "yml", "json"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error marking filename flag as Cobra's filename: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := cmd.MarkFlagDirname("filename"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error marking filename flag as Cobra's Dirname: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := cmd.MarkFlagRequired("filename"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error marking filename flag as required: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 // Based heavily on pkg/kubectl