diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index 6b10896..b824205 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ example:
 			Name:  "nevent",
 			Usage: "print the nevent code (to stderr) after the event is published",
 		},
-		&cli.IntFlag{
+		&cli.UintFlag{
 			Name:        "kind",
 			Aliases:     []string{"k"},
 			Usage:       "event kind",
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ example:
 				kindWasSupplied = strings.Contains(stdinEvent, `"kind"`)
 			}
 
-			if kind := c.Int("kind"); slices.Contains(c.FlagNames(), "kind") {
+			if kind := c.Uint("kind"); slices.Contains(c.FlagNames(), "kind") {
 				evt.Kind = int(kind)
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			} else if !kindWasSupplied {
diff --git a/req.go b/req.go
index 1f542ad..2e8e7cf 100644
--- a/req.go
+++ b/req.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ example:
 			Usage:    "only accept events older than this (unix timestamp)",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
-		&cli.IntFlag{
+		&cli.UintFlag{
 			Name:     "limit",
 			Aliases:  []string{"l"},
 			Usage:    "only accept up to this number of events",
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ example:
 					return fmt.Errorf("parse error: Invalid numeric literal %q", until)
 				}
 			}
-			if limit := c.Int("limit"); limit != 0 {
+			if limit := c.Uint("limit"); limit != 0 {
 				filter.Limit = int(limit)
 			} else if c.IsSet("limit") || c.Bool("stream") {
 				filter.LimitZero = true