diff --git a/darwin/options.py b/darwin/options.py
index 1411a8385..db837bb7f 100644
--- a/darwin/options.py
+++ b/darwin/options.py
@@ -473,7 +473,9 @@ def cpu_default_types(input: Any) -> Optional[int]:  # type: ignore
             help="[Remote] Dataset name: to list all the existing dataset, run 'darwin dataset remote'. ",
         )
         parser_comment.add_argument("file", type=str, help="File to comment")
-        parser_comment.add_argument("--text", type=str, help="Comment: list of words")
+        parser_comment.add_argument(
+            "--text", type=str, help="Comment: list of words", required=True
+        )
         parser_comment.add_argument(
             "--x",
             required=False,