diff --git a/zulip/zulip/examples/subscribe b/zulip/zulip/examples/subscribe
index 14da8a3..85d113c 100755
--- a/zulip/zulip/examples/subscribe
+++ b/zulip/zulip/examples/subscribe
@@ -38,14 +38,10 @@ Specify your Zulip API credentials and server in a ~/.zuliprc file or using the
 import zulip
 
 parser = zulip.add_default_arguments(argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage))
-parser.add_argument('--streams', default='')
+parser.add_argument('--streams', action='store', required=True)
 options = parser.parse_args()
 
 client = zulip.init_from_options(options)
 
-if options.streams == "":
-    print("Usage:", parser.usage, file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
-
 print(client.add_subscriptions([{"name": stream_name} for stream_name in
                                 options.streams.split()]))