diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
index e77b06dfe9..3fdbdbb611 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
@@ -750,6 +750,15 @@ runTests() {
   kubectl replace "${kube_flags[@]}" --force -f /tmp/tmp-valid-pod.json
   # Post-condition: spec.container.name = "replaced-k8s-serve-hostname"
   kube::test::get_object_assert 'pod valid-pod' "{{(index .spec.containers 0).name}}" 'replaced-k8s-serve-hostname'
+
+  ## check replace --grace-period requires --force
+  output_message=$(! kubectl replace "${kube_flags[@]}" --grace-period=1 -f /tmp/tmp-valid-pod.json 2>&1)
+  kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" '\-\-grace-period must have \-\-force specified'
+
+  ## check replace --timeout requires --force
+  output_message=$(! kubectl replace "${kube_flags[@]}" --timeout=1s -f /tmp/tmp-valid-pod.json 2>&1)
+  kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" '\-\-timeout must have \-\-force specified'
+
   #cleaning
   rm /tmp/tmp-valid-pod.json
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/replace.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/replace.go
index a16d459167..f75e94cf3f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/replace.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/replace.go
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ func RunReplace(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []st
 		return forceReplace(f, out, cmd, args, shortOutput, options)
 	}
 
+	if cmdutil.GetFlagInt(cmd, "grace-period") >= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--grace-period must have --force specified")
+	}
+
+	if cmdutil.GetFlagDuration(cmd, "timeout") != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--timeout must have --force specified")
+	}
+
 	mapper, typer := f.Object(cmdutil.GetIncludeThirdPartyAPIs(cmd))
 	r := resource.NewBuilder(mapper, typer, resource.ClientMapperFunc(f.ClientForMapping), f.Decoder(true)).
 		Schema(schema).