diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/lint.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/lint.rs
index 2c4b2048..af24ffac 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/lint.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/lint.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //!
 //! Sub-commands:
 //! - `unassigned [--type issues|pulls|all] [--state open|closed|all]`
-//! - `no-reviewer [--state open|closed|all] [--reviewer NAME]`
+//! - `no-reviewer --reviewer NAME [--state open|closed|all]`
 //! - `stale-branches [--days N]`
 //! - `assignments [--user NAME]`
 
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ struct NoReviewerArgs {
     /// Filter by PR state.
     #[arg(long, value_enum, default_value_t = State::Open)]
     state: State,
-    /// Reviewer login to look for (matches `@<reviewer>` in comments).
-    #[arg(long, default_value = "argus")]
+    /// Reviewer login to look for (matches `@<reviewer>` in PR body or
+    /// any comment). Required — defaulting to a specific name would
+    /// bake one deployment's reviewer convention into the binary
+    /// (mara's nit on #507).
+    #[arg(long)]
     reviewer: String,
 }