diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 4b0f4d2d5..96eb3c3dd 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -1797,11 +1797,14 @@ static void usage(void) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-static int confirmWithYes(char *msg) {
-    if (config.cluster_manager_command.flags & CLUSTER_MANAGER_CMD_FLAG_YES) {
+static int confirmWithYes(char *msg, int force) {
+    /* if force is true and --cluster-yes option is on,
+     * do not prompt for an answer */
+    if (force &&
+        (config.cluster_manager_command.flags & CLUSTER_MANAGER_CMD_FLAG_YES)) {
         return 1;
     }
-    
+
     printf("%s (type 'yes' to accept): ", msg);
     fflush(stdout);
     char buf[4];
@@ -4476,12 +4479,16 @@ static int clusterManagerFixSlotsCoverage(char *all_slots) {
     }
     dictReleaseIterator(iter);
 
+    /* we want explicit manual confirmation from users for all the fix cases */
+    int force = 0;
+
     /*  Handle case "1": keys in no node. */
     if (listLength(none) > 0) {
         printf("The following uncovered slots have no keys "
                "across the cluster:\n");
         clusterManagerPrintSlotsList(none);
-        if (confirmWithYes("Fix these slots by covering with a random node?")){
+        if (confirmWithYes("Fix these slots by covering with a random node?",
+                           force)) {
             listIter li;
             listNode *ln;
             listRewind(none, &li);
@@ -4507,7 +4514,8 @@ static int clusterManagerFixSlotsCoverage(char *all_slots) {
     if (listLength(single) > 0) {
         printf("The following uncovered slots have keys in just one node:\n");
         clusterManagerPrintSlotsList(single);
-        if (confirmWithYes("Fix these slots by covering with those nodes?")){
+        if (confirmWithYes("Fix these slots by covering with those nodes?",
+                           force)) {
             listIter li;
             listNode *ln;
             listRewind(single, &li);
@@ -4539,7 +4547,7 @@ static int clusterManagerFixSlotsCoverage(char *all_slots) {
         printf("The following uncovered slots have keys in multiple nodes:\n");
         clusterManagerPrintSlotsList(multi);
         if (confirmWithYes("Fix these slots by moving keys "
-                           "into a single node?")) {
+                           "into a single node?", force)) {
             listIter li;
             listNode *ln;
             listRewind(multi, &li);
@@ -5502,7 +5510,8 @@ assign_replicas:
     }
     clusterManagerOptimizeAntiAffinity(ip_nodes, ip_count);
     clusterManagerShowNodes();
-    if (confirmWithYes("Can I set the above configuration?")) {
+    int force = 1;
+    if (confirmWithYes("Can I set the above configuration?", force)) {
         listRewind(cluster_manager.nodes, &li);
         while ((ln = listNext(&li)) != NULL) {
             clusterManagerNode *node = ln->value;