diff --git a/cli/cmd/create.go b/cli/cmd/create.go
index 47a31bd66..e9c5f276d 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/create.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/create.go
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ func newCreateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	must(cobra.MarkFlagRequired(cmd.Flags(), "worker-nodes"))
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("instance-type", "t", "", "instance type of cluster nodes")
 	must(cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("instance-type", instanceTypeCompletion))
+
+	cmd.SetHelpTemplate(cmd.HelpTemplate() + fmt.Sprintf(`
+Azure instance types:
+%v
+
+GCP instance types:
+%v
+`, formatInstanceTypes(azure.InstanceTypes), formatInstanceTypes(gcp.InstanceTypes)))
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -117,7 +126,7 @@ func parseCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, provider cloudprovider.Provider) (crea
 	if insType == "" {
 		insType = defaultInstanceType(provider)
 	}
-	if err := validInstanceTypeForProvider(insType, provider); err != nil {
+	if err := validInstanceTypeForProvider(cmd, insType, provider); err != nil {
 		return createFlags{}, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/instancetypes.go b/cli/cmd/instancetypes.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a98e79a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/cmd/instancetypes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package cmd
+
+import "strings"
+
+func formatInstanceTypes(types []string) string {
+	return "  " + strings.Join(types, "\n  ")
+}
diff --git a/cli/cmd/validargs.go b/cli/cmd/validargs.go
index 9ae6c0370..393b64ef9 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/validargs.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/validargs.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func isCloudProvider(arg int) cobra.PositionalArgs {
 	}
 }
 
-func validInstanceTypeForProvider(insType string, provider cloudprovider.Provider) error {
+func validInstanceTypeForProvider(cmd *cobra.Command, insType string, provider cloudprovider.Provider) error {
 	switch provider {
 	case cloudprovider.GCP:
 		for _, instanceType := range gcp.InstanceTypes {
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ func validInstanceTypeForProvider(insType string, provider cloudprovider.Provide
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		cmd.SetUsageTemplate("GCP instance types:\n" + formatInstanceTypes(gcp.InstanceTypes))
+		cmd.SilenceUsage = false
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s isn't a valid GCP instance type", insType)
 	case cloudprovider.Azure:
 		for _, instanceType := range azure.InstanceTypes {
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ func validInstanceTypeForProvider(insType string, provider cloudprovider.Provide
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
+		cmd.SetUsageTemplate("Azure instance types:\n" + formatInstanceTypes(azure.InstanceTypes))
+		cmd.SilenceUsage = false
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s isn't a valid Azure instance type", insType)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s isn't a valid cloud platform", provider)