diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/show_admins.py b/zerver/management/commands/show_admins.py
index 67632e8e7c..7e97af9479 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/show_admins.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/show_admins.py
@@ -3,24 +3,20 @@ import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from typing import Any
 
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import CommandError
 
+from zerver.lib.management import ZulipBaseCommand
 from zerver.models import get_realm
 
-class Command(BaseCommand):
+class Command(ZulipBaseCommand):
     help = """Show the admins in a realm."""
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser: ArgumentParser) -> None:
-        parser.add_argument('realm', metavar='<realm>', type=str,
-                            help="realm to show admins for")
-
-    def handle(self, *args: Any, **options: str) -> None:
-        realm_name = options['realm']
-
-        realm = get_realm(realm_name)
-        if realm is None:
-            raise CommandError('There is no realm called %s.' % (realm_name,))
+        self.add_realm_args(parser, required=True)
 
+    def handle(self, *args: Any, **options: Any) -> None:
+        realm = self.get_realm(options)
+        assert realm is not None  # True because of required=True above
         users = realm.get_admin_users()
 
         if users:
@@ -30,4 +26,5 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         else:
             print('There are no admins for this realm!')
 
-        print('\nYou can use the "knight" management command to knight admins.')
+        print('\nYou can use the "knight" management command to make more users admins.')
+        print('\nOr with the --revoke argument, remove admin status from users.')