diff --git a/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs b/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs
index ae641a978c5..fc8452e1388 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/uu/seq/src/error.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //  *
 //  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 //  * file that was distributed with this source code.
-// spell-checker:ignore numberparse argtype
+// spell-checker:ignore numberparse
 //! Errors returned by seq.
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::Display;
@@ -25,29 +25,11 @@ pub enum SeqError {
     /// The parameter is the increment argument as a [`String`] as read
     /// from the command line.
     ZeroIncrement(String),
-}
-
-impl SeqError {
-    /// The [`String`] argument as read from the command-line.
-    fn arg(&self) -> &str {
-        match self {
-            Self::ParseError(s, _) => s,
-            Self::ZeroIncrement(s) => s,
-        }
-    }
 
-    /// The type of argument that is causing the error.
-    fn argtype(&self) -> &str {
-        match self {
-            Self::ParseError(_, e) => match e {
-                ParseNumberError::Float => "floating point argument",
-                ParseNumberError::Nan => "'not-a-number' argument",
-                ParseNumberError::Hex => "hexadecimal argument",
-            },
-            Self::ZeroIncrement(_) => "Zero increment value",
-        }
-    }
+    /// No arguments were passed to this function, 1 or more is required
+    NoArguments,
 }
+
 impl UError for SeqError {
     /// Always return 1.
     fn code(&self) -> i32 {
@@ -63,6 +45,17 @@ impl Error for SeqError {}
 
 impl Display for SeqError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "invalid {}: {}", self.argtype(), self.arg().quote())
+        match self {
+            Self::ParseError(s, e) => {
+                let error_type = match e {
+                    ParseNumberError::Float => "floating point",
+                    ParseNumberError::Nan => "'not-a-number'",
+                    ParseNumberError::Hex => "hexadecimal",
+                };
+                write!(f, "invalid {error_type} argument: {}", s.quote())
+            }
+            Self::ZeroIncrement(s) => write!(f, "invalid Zero increment value: {}", s.quote()),
+            Self::NoArguments => write!(f, "missing operand"),
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs b/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
index 4562ddb7d01..2e55efa4ada 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
+++ b/src/uu/seq/src/seq.rs
@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ type RangeFloat = (ExtendedBigDecimal, ExtendedBigDecimal, ExtendedBigDecimal);
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
 
-    let numbers = matches
-        .get_many::<String>(ARG_NUMBERS)
-        .unwrap()
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let numbers_option = matches.get_many::<String>(ARG_NUMBERS);
+
+    if numbers_option.is_none() {
+        return Err(SeqError::NoArguments.into());
+    }
+
+    let numbers = numbers_option.unwrap().collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     let options = SeqOptions {
         separator: matches
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_seq.rs b/tests/by-util/test_seq.rs
index 02509b3b5c6..de078191251 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_seq.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_seq.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ fn test_invalid_arg() {
     new_ucmd!().arg("--definitely-invalid").fails().code_is(1);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_no_args() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .fails()
+        .code_is(1)
+        .stderr_contains("missing operand");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_hex_rejects_sign_after_identifier() {
     new_ucmd!()