diff --git a/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go b/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
index 13fd35d0..fdb1b42d 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ func createImagePolicyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	switch {
 	case imagePolicyArgs.semver != "" && imagePolicyArgs.alpha != "":
-		return fmt.Errorf("policy cannot be specified with both --select-semver and --select-alpha")
+	case imagePolicyArgs.semver != "" && imagePolicyArgs.numeric != "":
+	case imagePolicyArgs.alpha != "" && imagePolicyArgs.numeric != "":
+		return fmt.Errorf("only one of --select-semver, --select-alpha or --select-numeric can be specified")
 	case imagePolicyArgs.semver != "":
 		policy.Spec.Policy.SemVer = &imagev1.SemVerPolicy{
 			Range: imagePolicyArgs.semver,