diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/ansi/gradient.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/ansi/gradient.rs
index 76b99dfeb..cbfc337f5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/ansi/gradient.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/ansi/gradient.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ use nu_ansi_term::{build_all_gradient_text, gradient::TargetGround, Gradient, Rg
 use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::{
     ast::Call, ast::CellPath, engine::Command, engine::EngineState, engine::Stack, Category,
-    Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
+    Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
 };
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct SubCommand;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
                 "for a data structure input, add a gradient to strings at the given cell paths",
             )
+            .input_output_types(vec![
+                (Type::String, Type::String),
+                (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
+            ])
+            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
+            .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Platform)
     }