diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/list.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/list.rs
index 01197652..81db0f0e 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/list.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/list.rs
@@ -86,15 +86,16 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[arg(long = "label")]
     labels: Vec<String>,
     /// Page size — items per page (default: 30; forge's per-page cap,
-    /// ~50, applies).
-    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 30)]
+    /// ~50, applies). Must be >= 1.
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 30, value_parser = clap::value_parser!(u64).range(1..))]
     limit: u64,
     /// Page number to fetch (1-based; default 1). Combine with `--limit`
     /// to walk a large result set incrementally — fetch page 1, process,
     /// fetch page 2, … until a short/empty page. This keeps each call
     /// token-bounded (one page at a time) instead of pulling a whole
-    /// repo's population into a single response.
-    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1)]
+    /// repo's population into a single response. Must be >= 1 (the forge
+    /// pages are 1-based; page 0 is rejected).
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1, value_parser = clap::value_parser!(u64).range(1..))]
     page: u64,
 }