diff --git a/.chloggen/otelcol-featuregate-max-args.yaml b/.chloggen/otelcol-featuregate-max-args.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..744cf560ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/otelcol-featuregate-max-args.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+change_type: bug_fix
+component: pkg/otelcol
+note: The featuregate subcommand now rejects extra positional arguments instead of silently ignoring them.
+issues: [14554]
diff --git a/otelcol/command.go b/otelcol/command.go
index 88f3b9a818e..a129b9f1d79 100644
--- a/otelcol/command.go
+++ b/otelcol/command.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func newFeatureGateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "featuregate [feature-id]",
 		Short: "Display feature gates information",
 		Long:  "Display information about available feature gates and their status",
+		Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) > 0 {
 				found := false
diff --git a/otelcol/command_test.go b/otelcol/command_test.go
index 56445eea4f3..46f8290f1a1 100644
--- a/otelcol/command_test.go
+++ b/otelcol/command_test.go
@@ -216,4 +216,11 @@ func TestNewFeatureGateCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "feature \"non.existent.feature\" not found")
 	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects multiple arguments", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cmd := newFeatureGateCommand()
+		cmd.SetArgs([]string{"gate1", "gate2"})
+		err := cmd.Execute()
+		require.Error(t, err)
+	})
 }