diff --git a/command/secret/inspect.go b/command/secret/inspect.go
index 04a5bd8a88..a82a26e4a8 100644
--- a/command/secret/inspect.go
+++ b/command/secret/inspect.go
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 type inspectOptions struct {
-	name   string
+	names  []string
 	format string
 }
 
 func newSecretInspectCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 	opts := inspectOptions{}
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "inspect [name]",
+		Use:   "inspect SECRET [SECRET]",
 		Short: "Inspect a secret",
-		Args:  cli.ExactArgs(1),
+		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			opts.name = args[0]
+			opts.names = args
 			return runSecretInspect(dockerCli, opts)
 		},
 	}
@@ -33,23 +33,13 @@ func runSecretInspect(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, opts inspectOptions) error {
 	client := dockerCli.Client()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	// attempt to lookup secret by name
-	secrets, err := getSecretsByName(ctx, client, []string{opts.name})
+	ids, err := getCliRequestedSecretIDs(ctx, client, opts.names)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	id := opts.name
-	for _, s := range secrets {
-		if s.Spec.Annotations.Name == opts.name {
-			id = s.ID
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	getRef := func(name string) (interface{}, []byte, error) {
+	getRef := func(id string) (interface{}, []byte, error) {
 		return client.SecretInspectWithRaw(ctx, id)
 	}
 
-	return inspect.Inspect(dockerCli.Out(), []string{id}, opts.format, getRef)
+	return inspect.Inspect(dockerCli.Out(), ids, opts.format, getRef)
 }
diff --git a/command/secret/remove.go b/command/secret/remove.go
index 44a71ef013..75b4be622b 100644
--- a/command/secret/remove.go
+++ b/command/secret/remove.go
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type removeOptions struct {
-	ids []string
+	names []string
 }
 
 func newSecretRemoveCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "rm [id]",
+		Use:   "rm SECRET [SECRET]",
 		Short: "Remove a secret",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts := removeOptions{
-				ids: args,
+				names: args,
 			}
 			return runSecretRemove(dockerCli, opts)
 		},
@@ -31,32 +31,14 @@ func runSecretRemove(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, opts removeOptions) error {
 	client := dockerCli.Client()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	// attempt to lookup secret by name
-	secrets, err := getSecretsByName(ctx, client, opts.ids)
+	ids, err := getCliRequestedSecretIDs(ctx, client, opts.names)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ids := opts.ids
-
-	names := make(map[string]int)
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		names[id] = 1
-	}
-
-	if len(secrets) > 0 {
-		ids = []string{}
-
-		for _, s := range secrets {
-			if _, ok := names[s.Spec.Annotations.Name]; ok {
-				ids = append(ids, s.ID)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, id := range ids {
 		if err := client.SecretRemove(ctx, id); err != nil {
-			return err
+			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "WARN: %s\n", err)
 		}
 
 		fmt.Fprintln(dockerCli.Out(), id)
diff --git a/command/secret/utils.go b/command/secret/utils.go
index c6e3cb61a2..0134853e09 100644
--- a/command/secret/utils.go
+++ b/command/secret/utils.go
@@ -18,3 +18,30 @@ func getSecretsByName(ctx context.Context, client client.APIClient, names []stri
 		Filters: args,
 	})
 }
+
+func getCliRequestedSecretIDs(ctx context.Context, client client.APIClient, names []string) ([]string, error) {
+	ids := names
+
+	// attempt to lookup secret by name
+	secrets, err := getSecretsByName(ctx, client, ids)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	lookup := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		lookup[id] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	if len(secrets) > 0 {
+		ids = []string{}
+
+		for _, s := range secrets {
+			if _, ok := lookup[s.Spec.Annotations.Name]; ok {
+				ids = append(ids, s.ID)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ids, nil
+}