At a minimum, help text should note this. This is true for things like addwitnessaddress especially.
{
    CWallet * const pwallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
    if (!EnsureWalletIsAvailable(pwallet, request.fHelp)) {
        return NullUniValue;
    }
    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 3)
        throw std::runtime_error(
            "importprivkey \"privkey\" ( \"label\" ) ( rescan )\n"
            "\nAdds a private key (as returned by dumpprivkey) to your wallet. Requires a new wallet backup.\n"
            "\nArguments:\n"
            "1. \"privkey\"          (string, required) The private key (see dumpprivkey)\n"
            "2. \"label\"            (string, optional, default=\"\") An optional label\n"
            "3. rescan               (boolean, optional, default=true) Rescan the wallet for transactions\n"
            "\nNote: This call can take minutes to complete if rescan is true.\n"
            "\nExamples:\n"
            "\nDump a private key\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("dumpprivkey", "\"myaddress\"") +
            "\nImport the private key with rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importprivkey", "\"mykey\"") +
            "\nImport using a label and without rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importprivkey", "\"mykey\" \"testing\" false") +
            "\nImport using default blank label and without rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importprivkey", "\"mykey\" \"\" false") +
            "\nAs a JSON-RPC call\n"
            + HelpExampleRpc("importprivkey", "\"mykey\", \"testing\", false")
        );
    LOCK2(cs_main, pwallet->cs_wallet);
    EnsureWalletIsUnlocked(pwallet);
    std::string strSecret = request.params[0].get_str();
    std::string strLabel = "";