diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 233a916c136..b834a86522b 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -844,6 +844,22 @@ _kubectl_label()
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
     must_have_one_noun=()
+    must_have_one_noun+=("componentstatus")
+    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+=("podtemplate")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("replicationcontroller")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("resourcequota")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("secret")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("service")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("serviceaccount")
+    must_have_one_noun+=("thirdpartyresource")
 }
 
 _kubectl_annotate()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
index 5f95a00ca68..acf4fae94a1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ func (t *testPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, out io.Writer) error {
 	return t.Err
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (t *testPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 type testDescriber struct {
 	Name, Namespace string
 	Output          string
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
index 024498ae1bf..333416db8ca 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ $ kubectl label pods foo bar-`
 
 func NewCmdLabel(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &LabelOptions{}
+	validArgs := []string{}
+	p, err := f.Printer(nil, false, false, false, false, []string{})
+	cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
+	if p != nil {
+		validArgs = p.HandledResources()
+	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "label [--overwrite] (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) KEY_1=VAL_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N [--resource-version=version]",
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ func NewCmdLabel(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			err := RunLabel(f, out, cmd, args, options)
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
 		},
+		ValidArgs: validArgs,
 	}
 	cmdutil.AddPrinterFlags(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("overwrite", false, "If true, allow labels to be overwritten, otherwise reject label updates that overwrite existing labels.")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index b192b039bb1..37f6a517252 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func GetPrinter(format, formatArgument string) (ResourcePrinter, bool, error) {
 type ResourcePrinter interface {
 	// Print receives a runtime object, formats it and prints it to a writer.
 	PrintObj(runtime.Object, io.Writer) error
+	HandledResources() []string
 }
 
 // ResourcePrinterFunc is a function that can print objects
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ func (fn ResourcePrinterFunc) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	return fn(obj, w)
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (fn ResourcePrinterFunc) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 // VersionedPrinter takes runtime objects and ensures they are converted to a given API version
 // prior to being passed to a nested printer.
 type VersionedPrinter struct {
@@ -150,6 +156,11 @@ func (p *VersionedPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("the object cannot be converted to any of the versions: %v", p.version)
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *VersionedPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 // NamePrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which outputs "resource/name" pair of an object.
 type NamePrinter struct {
 }
@@ -200,6 +211,11 @@ func (p *NamePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *NamePrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 // JSONPrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which outputs an object as JSON.
 type JSONPrinter struct {
 }
@@ -217,6 +233,11 @@ func (p *JSONPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *JSONPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 // YAMLPrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which outputs an object as YAML.
 // The input object is assumed to be in the internal version of an API and is converted
 // to the given version first.
@@ -235,6 +256,11 @@ func (p *YAMLPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *YAMLPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 type handlerEntry struct {
 	columns   []string
 	printFunc reflect.Value
@@ -1243,6 +1269,11 @@ func (p *TemplatePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *TemplatePrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 // safeExecute tries to execute the template, but catches panics and returns an error
 // should the template engine panic.
 func (p *TemplatePrinter) safeExecute(w io.Writer, obj interface{}) error {
@@ -1387,3 +1418,8 @@ func (j *JSONPathPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *JSONPathPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go
index b28724a4a94..6b2cb7d687b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ func (s *SortingPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, out io.Writer) error {
 	return s.Delegate.PrintObj(obj, out)
 }
 
+// TODO: implement HandledResources()
+func (p *SortingPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 func (s *SortingPrinter) sortObj(obj runtime.Object) error {
 	objs, err := runtime.ExtractList(obj)
 	if err != nil {