diff --git a/wa/commands/revent.py b/wa/commands/revent.py
index 6eb885a6..45d6e207 100644
--- a/wa/commands/revent.py
+++ b/wa/commands/revent.py
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class RecordCommand(Command):
                                   args.teardown or args.all):
             self.logger.error("Cannot specify a recording stage without a Workload")
             sys.exit()
+        if not (args.all or args.teardown or args.extract_results or args.run or args.setup):
+            self.logger.error("Please specify which workload stages you wish to record")
+            sys.exit()
 
     def execute(self, state, args):
         self.validate_args(args)