diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 8e1a9ccc0cb..afa2f4e7116 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -833,6 +833,21 @@ _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")
 }
 
 _kubectl_annotate()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
index 42aba6ac6b1..d0f408e9122 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ $ kubectl label pods foo bar-`
 
 func NewCmdLabel(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &LabelOptions{}
+	p := kubectl.NewHumanReadablePrinter(false, false, false, false, []string{})
+	validArgs := p.HandledResources()
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "label [--overwrite] (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) KEY_1=VAL_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N [--resource-version=version]",
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ 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.")