diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create.go
index 51f828f8d..64d1b3cf2 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/create/create.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*CreateOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 			opts.Interactive = !(titleProvided && bodyProvided)
 
 			if opts.Interactive && !opts.IO.CanPrompt() {
-				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("must provide title and body when not running interactively")
+				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("must provide `--title` and `--body` when not running interactively")
 			}
 
 			if runF != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
index f0b4c7f94..1c65046d5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create.go
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*CreateOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("`--recover` only supported when running interactively")
 			}
 
-			if !opts.IO.CanPrompt() && !opts.WebMode && !opts.TitleProvided && !opts.Autofill {
-				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("`--title` or `--fill` required when not running interactively")
-			}
-
 			if opts.IsDraft && opts.WebMode {
 				return errors.New("the `--draft` flag is not supported with `--web`")
 			}
@@ -154,6 +150,10 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*CreateOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 				opts.BodyProvided = true
 			}
 
+			if !opts.IO.CanPrompt() && !opts.WebMode && !opts.Autofill && (!opts.TitleProvided || !opts.BodyProvided) {
+				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("must provide `--title` and `--body` (or `--fill`) when not running interactively")
+			}
+
 			if runF != nil {
 				return runF(opts)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
index 5ba641eed..9f7d8ce44 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,31 @@ func TestNewCmdCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			cli:      "",
 			wantsErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "only title non-tty",
+			tty:      false,
+			cli:      "--title mytitle",
+			wantsErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "minimum non-tty",
+			tty:      false,
+			cli:      "--title mytitle --body ''",
+			wantsErr: false,
+			wantsOpts: CreateOptions{
+				Title:               "mytitle",
+				TitleProvided:       true,
+				Body:                "",
+				BodyProvided:        true,
+				Autofill:            false,
+				RecoverFile:         "",
+				WebMode:             false,
+				IsDraft:             false,
+				BaseBranch:          "",
+				HeadBranch:          "",
+				MaintainerCanModify: true,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "empty tty",
 			tty:      true,
@@ -130,6 +155,8 @@ func TestNewCmdCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			args, err := shlex.Split(tt.cli)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			cmd.SetArgs(args)
+			cmd.SetOut(stdout)
+			cmd.SetErr(stderr)
 			_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
 			if tt.wantsErr {
 				assert.Error(t, err)