diff --git a/cli/command/swarm/update.go b/cli/command/swarm/update.go
index cb0d83ef26..dbbd268725 100644
--- a/cli/command/swarm/update.go
+++ b/cli/command/swarm/update.go
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ func newUpdateCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return runUpdate(dockerCli, cmd.Flags(), opts)
 		},
+		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if cmd.Flags().NFlag() == 0 {
+				return pflag.ErrHelp
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.autolock, flagAutolock, false, "Change manager autolocking setting (true|false)")
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_swarm_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_swarm_test.go
index 1b04818120..7044df5734 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_swarm_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_swarm_test.go
@@ -1358,3 +1358,21 @@ func (s *DockerSwarmSuite) TestSwarmNetworkIPAMOptions(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf(out))
 	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Equals, "map[foo:bar]")
 }
+
+// TODO: migrate to a unit test
+// This test could be migrated to unit test and save costly integration test,
+// once PR #29143 is merged.
+func (s *DockerSwarmSuite) TestSwarmUpdateWithoutArgs(c *check.C) {
+	d := s.AddDaemon(c, true, true)
+
+	expectedOutput := `
+Usage:	docker swarm update [OPTIONS]
+
+Update the swarm
+
+Options:`
+
+	out, err := d.Cmd("swarm", "update")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf("out: %v", out))
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, expectedOutput, check.Commentf(out))
+}