diff --git a/awxkit/awxkit/cli/client.py b/awxkit/awxkit/cli/client.py
index ab033474cb..ff1328fbd3 100755
--- a/awxkit/awxkit/cli/client.py
+++ b/awxkit/awxkit/cli/client.py
@@ -251,7 +251,13 @@ class CLI(object):
         if self.resource != 'settings':
             for method in ('list', 'modify', 'create'):
                 if method in parser.parser.choices:
-                    parser.build_query_arguments(method, 'GET' if method == 'list' else 'POST')
+                    if method == 'list':
+                        http_method = 'GET'
+                    elif method == 'modify' and 'PUT' in parser.options:
+                        http_method = 'PUT'
+                    else:
+                        http_method = 'POST'
+                    parser.build_query_arguments(method, http_method)
         if from_sphinx:
             parsed, extra = self.parser.parse_known_args(self.argv)
         else:
diff --git a/awxkit/awxkit/cli/options.py b/awxkit/awxkit/cli/options.py
index aa55cc9df1..a1b3ed45a8 100644
--- a/awxkit/awxkit/cli/options.py
+++ b/awxkit/awxkit/cli/options.py
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ class ResourceOptionsParser(object):
         if '299' in warning and 'deprecated' in warning:
             self.deprecated = True
         self.allowed_options = options.headers.get('Allow', '').split(', ')
+        # If the user can PUT on the detail endpoint but doesn't have
+        # POST on the list endpoint, use the detail endpoint's
+        # action schema so that 'modify' fields are populated.
+        if 'POST' not in self.options and 'PUT' in self.allowed_options:
+            try:
+                detail_actions = options.json().get('actions', {})
+            except Exception:
+                detail_actions = {}
+            if 'PUT' in detail_actions:
+                self.options['PUT'] = detail_actions['PUT']
+            elif 'GET' in detail_actions:
+                self.options['PUT'] = detail_actions['GET']
 
     def build_list_actions(self):
         action_map = {
@@ -109,6 +121,10 @@ class ResourceOptionsParser(object):
             'POST': 'create',
         }
         for method, action in self.options.items():
+            # Skip 'PUT', which may be added by get_allowed_options
+            # and is handled separately by build_detail_actions
+            if method not in action_map:
+                continue
             method = action_map[method]
             parser = self.parser.add_parser(method, help='')
             if method == 'list':
diff --git a/awxkit/test/cli/test_options.py b/awxkit/test/cli/test_options.py
index 2830674712..01fc2a4169 100644
--- a/awxkit/test/cli/test_options.py
+++ b/awxkit/test/cli/test_options.py
@@ -11,6 +11,24 @@ class ResourceOptionsParser(ResourceOptionsParser):
         self.allowed_options = ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']
 
 
+class NoPostResourceOptionsParser(ResourceOptionsParser):
+    """Simulates a user with object-level PUT but no list-level POST."""
+
+    detail_put_actions = {}
+
+    def get_allowed_options(self):
+        self.allowed_options = ['GET', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']
+        # Simulate the logic from the real get_allowed_options that
+        # falls back to the detail endpoint's PUT schema when POST
+        # is not available on the list endpoint.
+        if 'POST' not in self.options and 'PUT' in self.allowed_options:
+            if self.detail_put_actions:
+                self.options['PUT'] = self.detail_put_actions
+
+    def handle_custom_actions(self):
+        pass
+
+
 class OptionsPage(Page):
     def options(self):
         return self
@@ -185,6 +203,30 @@ class TestOptions(unittest.TestCase):
             self.parser.choices[method].print_help(out)
             assert 'positional arguments:\n  id' in out.getvalue()
 
+    def test_modify_without_list_post(self):
+        """User with object-level PUT but no list-level POST can still modify."""
+        page = OptionsPage.from_json(
+            {
+                'actions': {
+                    'GET': {},
+                }
+            }
+        )
+        NoPostResourceOptionsParser.detail_put_actions = {
+            'scm_branch': {'type': 'string', 'help_text': 'SCM branch'},
+            'description': {'type': 'string', 'help_text': 'Description'},
+        }
+        options = NoPostResourceOptionsParser(None, page, 'projects', self.parser)
+
+        assert 'modify' in self.parser.choices
+        assert 'create' not in self.parser.choices
+
+        options.build_query_arguments('modify', 'PUT')
+        out = StringIO()
+        self.parser.choices['modify'].print_help(out)
+        assert '--scm_branch TEXT' in out.getvalue()
+        assert '--description TEXT' in out.getvalue()
+
 
 class TestSettingsOptions(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):