diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index ee6ed2d901..ba55baf1b1 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/spf13/cobra",
-			"Rev": "c0da825198c75814463e1b3018e42e438b771a5b"
+			"Rev": "9cb5e8502924a8ff1cce18a9348b61995d7b4fde"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/spf13/pflag",
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra/bash_completions.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra/bash_completions.go
index 1c5640745f..dee95b31ca 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra/bash_completions.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra/bash_completions.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ func writeRequiredFlag(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
 
 func writeRequiredNoun(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(out, "    must_have_one_noun=()\n")
+	sort.Sort(sort.StringSlice(cmd.ValidArgs))
 	for _, value := range cmd.ValidArgs {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    must_have_one_noun+=(%q)\n", value)
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 372a663ed9..d9bc47c772 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ _kubectl_get()
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
     must_have_one_noun=()
+    must_have_one_noun+=("endpoints")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("event")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("limitrange")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("namespace")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("node")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolume")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolumeclaim")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("pod")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("replicationcontroller")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("resourcequota")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("secret")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("service")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("status")
 }
 
 _kubectl_describe()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index 8abd7880d9..72519966eb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ $ kubectl get rc/web service/frontend pods/web-pod-13je7`
 // NewCmdGet creates a command object for the generic "get" action, which
 // retrieves one or more resources from a server.
 func NewCmdGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+	p := kubectl.NewHumanReadablePrinter(false)
+	validArgs := p.HandledResources()
+
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "get [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|template|...] (RESOURCE [NAME] | RESOURCE/NAME ...)",
 		Short:   "Display one or many resources",
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ func NewCmdGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			err := RunGet(f, out, cmd, args)
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
 		},
+		ValidArgs: validArgs,
 	}
 	cmdutil.AddPrinterFlags(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("selector", "l", "", "Selector (label query) to filter on")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index 4e9f6f6ec0..e3f393c241 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -227,6 +227,22 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) validatePrintHandlerFunc(printFunc reflect.Value)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	keys := make([]string, 0)
+
+	for k := range h.handlerMap {
+		// k.String looks like "*api.PodList" and we want just "pod"
+		api := strings.Split(k.String(), ".")
+		resource := api[len(api)-1]
+		if strings.HasSuffix(resource, "List") {
+			continue
+		}
+		resource = strings.ToLower(resource)
+		keys = append(keys, resource)
+	}
+	return keys
+}
+
 var podColumns = []string{"POD", "IP", "CONTAINER(S)", "IMAGE(S)", "HOST", "LABELS", "STATUS", "CREATED"}
 var replicationControllerColumns = []string{"CONTROLLER", "CONTAINER(S)", "IMAGE(S)", "SELECTOR", "REPLICAS"}
 var serviceColumns = []string{"NAME", "LABELS", "SELECTOR", "IP", "PORT(S)"}