diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index 0d85d7ef..9490f7db 100644
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ module.exports.getAliases = function (resourceType) {
     aliases = aliases.concat(resourceAliases[resourceType]);
   }
 
+  //
+  // NOTE(sbw): try to catch things that shouldn't have singular aliases. This
+  // fails on some relatively common resources, like "status".
+  //
+  if (resourceType.slice(-1) !== 's') return aliases;
+
   const trimLength = esPlurals[resourceType] ? 2 : 1;
   const single = resourceType.substr(0,  resourceType.length - trimLength);
   aliases.push(single);