diff --git a/command/issue.go b/command/issue.go
index a66235ddd..bcab6538e 100644
--- a/command/issue.go
+++ b/command/issue.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/api"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/git"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/githubtemplate"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -67,21 +68,17 @@ var issueCmd = &cobra.Command{
 var issueCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "create",
 	Short: "Create a new issue",
+	Args:  cmdutil.NoArgsQuoteReminder,
 	RunE:  issueCreate,
 }
 var issueListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "list",
 	Short: "List and filter issues in this repository",
-	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if len(args) > 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unknown argument %q for %q: Please quote all flag values that contain spaces.", args[0], cmd.CommandPath())
-		}
-		return nil
-	},
-	Example: `
+	Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 	$ gh issue list -l "help wanted"
-	$ gh issue list -A "some author"
-	`,
+	$ gh issue list -A monalisa
+	`),
+	Args: cmdutil.NoArgsQuoteReminder,
 	RunE: issueList,
 }
 var issueStatusCmd = &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/command/pr.go b/command/pr.go
index c5fc1ae7b..abd0f2ffc 100644
--- a/command/pr.go
+++ b/command/pr.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/context"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/git"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/text"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ var prCmd = &cobra.Command{
 var prListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "list",
 	Short: "List and filter pull requests in this repository",
+	Args:  cmdutil.NoArgsQuoteReminder,
 	Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 	$ gh pr list --limit 999
 	$ gh pr list --state closed
diff --git a/command/pr_create.go b/command/pr_create.go
index 5eafdbcbe..b96c45391 100644
--- a/command/pr_create.go
+++ b/command/pr_create.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/context"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/git"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/githubtemplate"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ func generateCompareURL(r ghrepo.Interface, base, head, title, body string, assi
 var prCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "create",
 	Short: "Create a pull request",
+	Args:  cmdutil.NoArgsQuoteReminder,
 	RunE:  prCreate,
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/args.go b/pkg/cmdutil/args.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c203fb691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/args.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package cmdutil
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+func NoArgsQuoteReminder(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("unknown argument %q", args[0])
+	if len(args) > 1 {
+		errMsg = fmt.Sprintf("unknown arguments %q", args)
+	}
+
+	hasValueFlag := false
+	cmd.Flags().Visit(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
+		if f.Value.Type() != "bool" {
+			hasValueFlag = true
+		}
+	})
+
+	if hasValueFlag {
+		errMsg += "; please quote all values that have spaces"
+	}
+
+	return &FlagError{Err: errors.New(errMsg)}
+}