diff --git a/userspace/marsadm b/userspace/marsadm
index 469172dd..e4a1881a 100755
--- a/userspace/marsadm
+++ b/userspace/marsadm
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ if (!(-d $mars) && $cmd !~ m/(create|join)-cluster|cat/) {
 my $res = "";
 if ($cmd eq "show") {
   $res = shift @args;
-} elsif (!($cmd =~ m/^(create|leave|wait)-cluster|cat|[a-z]+-file$/)) {
+} elsif (!($cmd =~ m/^(create|leave|wait)-cluster|cat|[a-z]+-file|set-[a-z]+$/)) {
   $res = shift @args || helplist "resource argument is missing\n";
   check_id($res);
 }