diff --git a/tackerclient/osc/v1/vnflcm/vnflcm.py b/tackerclient/osc/v1/vnflcm/vnflcm.py
index 0005a89a..a85bb06c 100644
--- a/tackerclient/osc/v1/vnflcm/vnflcm.py
+++ b/tackerclient/osc/v1/vnflcm/vnflcm.py
@@ -476,46 +476,51 @@ class ScaleVnfLcm(command.Command):
             _VNF_INSTANCE,
             metavar="<vnf-instance>",
             help=_('VNF instance ID to scale'))
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '--I',
-            metavar="<param-file>",
-            help=_("Specify scale request parameters in a json file."))
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '--type',
-            metavar="<type>",
-            choices=['SCALE_OUT', 'SCALE_IN'],
-            help=_("Indicates the type of the scale operation requested"))
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '--aspect-id',
-            metavar="<aspect-id>",
-            help=_("Identifier of the scaling aspect."))
         parser.add_argument(
             '--number-of-steps',
             metavar="<number-of-steps>",
             type=int,
-            help=_("Number of scaling steps to be executed as part of"
+            help=_("Number of scaling steps to be executed as part of "
                    "this Scale VNF operation."))
         parser.add_argument(
             '--additional-param-file',
             metavar="<additional-param-file>",
-            help=_("Additional parameters passed by the NFVO as input"
+            help=_("Additional parameters passed by the NFVO as input "
                    "to the scaling process."))
+
+        scale_require_parameters = parser.add_argument_group(
+            "require arguments"
+        )
+        scale_require_parameters.add_argument(
+            '--type',
+            metavar="<type>",
+            required=True,
+            choices=['SCALE_OUT', 'SCALE_IN'],
+            help=_("SCALE_OUT or SCALE_IN for type of scale operation."))
+        scale_require_parameters.add_argument(
+            '--aspect-id',
+            required=True,
+            metavar="<aspect-id>",
+            help=_("Identifier of the scaling aspect."))
+
         return parser
 
-    def args2body(self, file_path=None):
+    def args2body(self, parsed_args):
         """To store request body, call jsonfile2body.
 
         Args:
-            file_path ([string], optional): file path of param file(json).
-            Defaults to None.
+            parsed_args ([Namespace]): arguments of CLI.
 
         Returns:
-            body[dict]: [description]
+            body ([dict]): Request body is stored
         """
-        body = {}
+        body = {'type': parsed_args.type, 'aspectId': parsed_args.aspect_id}
 
-        if file_path:
-            return jsonfile2body(file_path)
+        if parsed_args.number_of_steps:
+            body['numberOfSteps'] = parsed_args.number_of_steps
+
+        if parsed_args.additional_param_file:
+            body.update(jsonfile2body(parsed_args.additional_param_file))
 
         return body
 
@@ -523,13 +528,12 @@ class ScaleVnfLcm(command.Command):
         """Execute scale_vnf_instance and output result comment.
 
         Args:
-            parsed_args ([Namespace]): [description]
+            parsed_args ([Namespace]): arguments of CLI.
         """
         client = self.app.client_manager.tackerclient
-        if parsed_args.additional_param_file:
-            result = client.scale_vnf_instance(
-                parsed_args.vnf_instance,
-                self.args2body(file_path=parsed_args.additional_param_file))
-            if not result:
-                print((_('Scale request for VNF Instance %(id)s has been'
-                         ' accepted.') % {'id': parsed_args.vnf_instance}))
+        result = client.scale_vnf_instance(
+            parsed_args.vnf_instance,
+            self.args2body(parsed_args))
+        if not result:
+            print((_('Scale request for VNF Instance %s has been accepted.')
+                   % parsed_args.vnf_instance))
diff --git a/tackerclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_vnflcm.py b/tackerclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_vnflcm.py
index 48d8bfbb..7e5cc533 100644
--- a/tackerclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_vnflcm.py
+++ b/tackerclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_vnflcm.py
@@ -651,6 +651,38 @@ class TestScaleVnfLcm(TestVnfLcm):
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_message, actual_message)
 
+    @ddt.data('SCALE_IN', 'SCALE_OUT')
+    def test_take_action_no_param_file(self, scale_type):
+        vnf_instance = vnflcm_fakes.vnf_instance_response()
+
+        arglist = [vnf_instance['id'],
+                   '--aspect-id', uuidsentinel.aspect_id,
+                   '--number-of-steps', '1',
+                   '--type', scale_type]
+        verifylist = [('vnf_instance', vnf_instance['id']),
+                      ('aspect_id', uuidsentinel.aspect_id),
+                      ('number_of_steps', 1),
+                      ('type', scale_type)]
+
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.scale_vnf_lcm, arglist,
+                                        verifylist)
+
+        url = os.path.join(self.url, 'vnflcm/v1/vnf_instances',
+                           vnf_instance['id'], 'scale')
+
+        self.requests_mock.register_uri(
+            'POST', url, headers=self.header, json={})
+
+        sys.stdout = buffer = StringIO()
+        self.scale_vnf_lcm.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        actual_message = buffer.getvalue().strip()
+
+        expected_message = ("Scale request for VNF Instance %s has been "
+                            "accepted.") % vnf_instance['id']
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_message, actual_message)
+
     @ddt.data('SCALE_IN', 'SCALE_OUT')
     def test_take_action_param_file_not_exists(self, scale_type):
         vnf_instance = vnflcm_fakes.vnf_instance_response()