diff --git a/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/send.go b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/send.go
index 2c09af9..4cbbda8 100644
--- a/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/send.go
+++ b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/send.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(sendCmd)
 
 	sendCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&username, "username", "u", "", "The username to send from (required)")
-	sendCmd.MarkFlagRequired("username")  // Misleading: cobra doesn't actually do anything to enforce "required" flags
+	sendCmd.MarkFlagRequired("username")
 
 	sendCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&toUser, "to", "t", "", "The user to send the message to (cannot be combined with --group)")