diff --git a/temporalcli/commands.gen.go b/temporalcli/commands.gen.go
index a864c8a3..36c5da7a 100644
--- a/temporalcli/commands.gen.go
+++ b/temporalcli/commands.gen.go
@@ -2667,6 +2667,7 @@ type TemporalWorkflowUpdateStartCommand struct {
 	Command cobra.Command
 	UpdateOptions
 	PayloadInputOptions
+	WaitForStage StringEnum
 }
 
 func NewTemporalWorkflowUpdateStartCommand(cctx *CommandContext, parent *TemporalWorkflowUpdateCommand) *TemporalWorkflowUpdateStartCommand {
@@ -2674,7 +2675,7 @@ func NewTemporalWorkflowUpdateStartCommand(cctx *CommandContext, parent *Tempora
 	s.Parent = parent
 	s.Command.DisableFlagsInUseLine = true
 	s.Command.Use = "start [flags]"
-	s.Command.Short = "Send an Update and wait for it to be accepted"
+	s.Command.Short = "Send an Update and wait for it to be accepted or rejected"
 	if hasHighlighting {
 		s.Command.Long = "Send a message to a Workflow Execution to invoke an Update handler, and wait for\nthe update to be accepted or rejected. You can subsequently wait for the update\nto complete by using \x1b[1mtemporal workflow update execute\x1b[0m.\n\n\x1b[1mtemporal workflow update start \\\n    --workflow-id YourWorkflowId \\\n    --name YourUpdate \\\n    --input '{\"some-key\": \"some-value\"}'\x1b[0m"
 	} else {
@@ -2683,6 +2684,9 @@ func NewTemporalWorkflowUpdateStartCommand(cctx *CommandContext, parent *Tempora
 	s.Command.Args = cobra.NoArgs
 	s.UpdateOptions.buildFlags(cctx, s.Command.Flags())
 	s.PayloadInputOptions.buildFlags(cctx, s.Command.Flags())
+	s.WaitForStage = NewStringEnum([]string{"accepted"}, "")
+	s.Command.Flags().Var(&s.WaitForStage, "wait-for-stage", "Update stage to wait for. The only option is `accepted`, but this option is  required. This is to allow a future version of the CLI to choose a default value. Accepted values: accepted. Required.")
+	_ = cobra.MarkFlagRequired(s.Command.Flags(), "wait-for-stage")
 	s.Command.Flags().SetNormalizeFunc(aliasNormalizer(map[string]string{
 		"type": "name",
 	}))
diff --git a/temporalcli/commands.workflow.go b/temporalcli/commands.workflow.go
index 535b62b6..66d48eb4 100644
--- a/temporalcli/commands.workflow.go
+++ b/temporalcli/commands.workflow.go
@@ -187,7 +187,15 @@ func (c *TemporalWorkflowTerminateCommand) run(cctx *CommandContext, _ []string)
 }
 
 func (c *TemporalWorkflowUpdateStartCommand) run(cctx *CommandContext, args []string) error {
-	return workflowUpdateHelper(cctx, c.Parent.Parent.ClientOptions, c.PayloadInputOptions, c.UpdateOptions, client.WorkflowUpdateStageAccepted)
+	waitForStage := client.WorkflowUpdateStageUnspecified
+	switch c.WaitForStage.Value {
+	case "accepted":
+		waitForStage = client.WorkflowUpdateStageAccepted
+	}
+	if waitForStage != client.WorkflowUpdateStageAccepted {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid wait for stage: %v, valid values are: 'accepted'", c.WaitForStage)
+	}
+	return workflowUpdateHelper(cctx, c.Parent.Parent.ClientOptions, c.PayloadInputOptions, c.UpdateOptions, waitForStage)
 }
 
 func (c *TemporalWorkflowUpdateExecuteCommand) run(cctx *CommandContext, args []string) error {
diff --git a/temporalcli/commands.workflow_test.go b/temporalcli/commands.workflow_test.go
index b0d15847..1f2c34b1 100644
--- a/temporalcli/commands.workflow_test.go
+++ b/temporalcli/commands.workflow_test.go
@@ -464,25 +464,28 @@ func (t workflowUpdateTest) testWorkflowUpdateHelper() {
 	t.s.ContainsOnSameLine(res.Stdout.String(), "UpdateID", strconv.Itoa(input))
 	t.s.ContainsOnSameLine(res.Stdout.String(), "Result", strconv.Itoa(3*input))
 
-	verb := ""
 	if t.useStart {
-		verb = "start"
-	} else {
-		verb = "execute"
-	}
+		// update rejected, name not supplied
+		res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", "start", "--wait-for-stage", "accepted", "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
+		t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "required flag(s) \"name\" not set")
+
+		// update rejected, wrong workflowID
+		res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", "start", "--wait-for-stage", "accepted", "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", "nonexistent-wf-id", "--name", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
+		t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "unable to update workflow")
 
-	// update rejected, name not supplied
-	res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", verb, "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
-	t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "required flag(s) \"name\" not set")
+		// TODO: wrong update name is not currently an error when using `update start` (?!)
+	} else {
+		// update rejected, name not supplied
+		res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", "execute", "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
+		t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "required flag(s) \"name\" not set")
 
-	// update rejected, wrong workflowID
-	res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", verb, "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", "nonexistent-wf-id", "--name", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
-	t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "unable to update workflow")
+		// update rejected, wrong workflowID
+		res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", "execute", "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", "nonexistent-wf-id", "--name", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
+		t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "unable to update workflow")
 
-	if verb == "execute" {
 		// update rejected, wrong update name
 		// This is not currently an error when using `update start`: the SDK accepts the update before checking whether a handler exists.
-		res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", verb, "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "--name", "nonexistent-update-name", "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
+		res = t.s.Execute("workflow", "update", "execute", "--address", t.s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "--name", "nonexistent-update-name", "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
 		t.s.ErrorContains(res.Err, "unable to update workflow")
 	}
 }
@@ -494,7 +497,7 @@ func (t workflowUpdateTest) execute(args ...string) *CommandResult {
 	if t.useStart {
 		// Test `update start` by confirming that we can start the update and
 		// then use `update execute` to wait for it to complete.
-		startArgs := append([]string{"workflow", "update", "start"}, args[3:]...)
+		startArgs := append([]string{"workflow", "update", "start", "--wait-for-stage", "accepted"}, args[3:]...)
 		res := t.s.Execute(startArgs...)
 		t.s.NoError(res.Err)
 		workflowID, updateID, name := t.extractWorkflowIDUpdateIDAndUpdateName(args, res.Stdout.String())
diff --git a/temporalcli/commandsmd/commands.md b/temporalcli/commandsmd/commands.md
index 09a29bad..532c095b 100644
--- a/temporalcli/commandsmd/commands.md
+++ b/temporalcli/commandsmd/commands.md
@@ -2576,5 +2576,12 @@ temporal workflow update start \
 
 #### Options
 
+* `--wait-for-stage` (string-enum) - 
+  Update stage to wait for.
+  The only option is `accepted`, but this option is  required. This is to allow
+  a future version of the CLI to choose a default value.
+  Options: accepted.
+  Required.
+
 Includes options set for [update](#options-set-for-update).
 Includes options set for [payload input](#options-set-for-payload-input).