diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify b/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify
index 17c397d9..2cbf573f 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeidentify
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ except IndexError:
 identifystate = None
 if len(sys.argv) > 2:
     identifystate = sys.argv[2]
+else:
+	argparser.print_help()
+	sys.exit(1)
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 sys.exit(