diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
index c44b2537eb..2e3d90bf23 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (o *ApiResourcesOptions) Validate() error {
 
 func (o *ApiResourcesOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) != 0 {
-		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "unexpected args: %v", args)
+		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "unexpected arguments: %v", args)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiversions.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiversions.go
index 7f7b3ecaac..738aa51b6b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiversions.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiversions.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func NewCmdAPIVersions(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams)
 
 func (o *ApiVersionsOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) != 0 {
-		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "unexpected args: %v", args)
+		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "unexpected arguments: %v", args)
 	}
 	var err error
 	o.discoveryClient, err = f.ToDiscoveryClient()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/view.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/view.go
index 83b3a847ce..7017cb6a9c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/view.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/view.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func NewCmdConfigView(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams, Co
 		Long:    view_long,
 		Example: view_example,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Complete(cmd))
+			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Complete(cmd, args))
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Validate())
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Run())
 		},
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ func NewCmdConfigView(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams, Co
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func (o *ViewOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+func (o *ViewOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) != 0 {
+		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "unexpected arguments: %v", args)
+	}
 	if o.ConfigAccess.IsExplicitFile() {
 		if !o.Merge.Provided() {
 			o.Merge.Set("false")