diff --git a/lib/package-managers/abstract.package-manager.ts b/lib/package-managers/abstract.package-manager.ts
index 982828894..4e7e65ab5 100644
--- a/lib/package-managers/abstract.package-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/package-managers/abstract.package-manager.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ export abstract class AbstractPackageManager {
     });
     spinner.start();
     try {
-      const commandArguments = `${this.cli.install} --silent`;
+      const commandArgs = `${this.cli.install} ${this.cli.silentFlag}`;
       const collect = true;
-      const dasherizedDirectory: string = dasherize(directory);
+      const dasherizedDirectory = dasherize(directory);
       await this.runner.run(
-        commandArguments,
+        commandArgs,
         collect,
         join(process.cwd(), dasherizedDirectory),
       );
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ export abstract class AbstractPackageManager {
       console.info();
     } catch {
       spinner.fail();
-      console.error(chalk.red(MESSAGES.PACKAGE_MANAGER_INSTALLATION_FAILED));
+      const commandArgs = this.cli.install;
+      const commandToRun = this.runner.rawFullCommand(commandArgs);
+      console.error(
+        chalk.red(
+          MESSAGES.PACKAGE_MANAGER_INSTALLATION_FAILED(
+            chalk.bold(commandToRun),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.ts b/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.ts
index 48cd04b6b..180e6fe16 100644
--- a/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class NpmPackageManager extends AbstractPackageManager {
       remove: 'uninstall',
       saveFlag: '--save',
       saveDevFlag: '--save-dev',
+      silentFlag: '--silent',
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/package-managers/package-manager-commands.ts b/lib/package-managers/package-manager-commands.ts
index 167b72325..06a897d69 100644
--- a/lib/package-managers/package-manager-commands.ts
+++ b/lib/package-managers/package-manager-commands.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ export interface PackageManagerCommands {
   remove: string;
   saveFlag: string;
   saveDevFlag: string;
+  silentFlag: string;
 }
diff --git a/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.ts b/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.ts
index 2ef350f65..11eb8b82a 100644
--- a/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export class PnpmPackageManager extends AbstractPackageManager {
       remove: 'uninstall',
       saveFlag: '--save',
       saveDevFlag: '--save-dev',
+      silentFlag: '--reporter=silent',
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.ts b/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.ts
index 0cba2580f..4048e8180 100644
--- a/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class YarnPackageManager extends AbstractPackageManager {
       remove: 'remove',
       saveFlag: '',
       saveDevFlag: '-D',
+      silentFlag: '--silent',
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/runners/abstract.runner.ts b/lib/runners/abstract.runner.ts
index 31007799b..2118030c5 100644
--- a/lib/runners/abstract.runner.ts
+++ b/lib/runners/abstract.runner.ts
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@ export class AbstractRunner {
       });
     });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @param command
+   * @returns The entire command that will be ran when calling `run(command)`.
+   */
+  public rawFullCommand(command: string): string {
+    const commandArgs: string[] = [...this.args, command];
+    return `${this.binary} ${commandArgs.join(' ')}`;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/ui/messages.ts b/lib/ui/messages.ts
index 9fb7284a4..0918468e5 100644
--- a/lib/ui/messages.ts
+++ b/lib/ui/messages.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export const MESSAGES = {
   GET_STARTED_INFORMATION: `${EMOJIS.POINT_RIGHT}  Get started with the following commands:`,
   CHANGE_DIR_COMMAND: (name: string) => `$ cd ${name}`,
   START_COMMAND: (name: string) => `$ ${name} run start`,
-  PACKAGE_MANAGER_INSTALLATION_FAILED: `${EMOJIS.SCREAM}  Packages installation failed, see above`,
+  PACKAGE_MANAGER_INSTALLATION_FAILED: (commandToRunManually: string) =>
+    `${EMOJIS.SCREAM}  Packages installation failed!\nIn case you don't see any errors above, consider manually running the failed command ${commandToRunManually} to see more details on why it errored out.`,
   // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
   NEST_INFORMATION_PACKAGE_MANAGER_FAILED: `${EMOJIS.SMIRK}  cannot read your project package.json file, are you inside your project directory?`,
   LIBRARY_INSTALLATION_FAILED_BAD_PACKAGE: (name: string) =>
diff --git a/test/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.spec.ts b/test/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.spec.ts
index 4f2456854..3c0ec2c74 100644
--- a/test/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/test/lib/package-managers/npm.package-manager.spec.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       remove: 'uninstall',
       saveFlag: '--save',
       saveDevFlag: '--save-dev',
+      silentFlag: '--silent',
     };
     expect(packageManager.cli).toMatchObject(expectedValues);
   });
diff --git a/test/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.spec.ts b/test/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.spec.ts
index df0e79310..7579ef2c3 100644
--- a/test/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/test/lib/package-managers/pnpm.package-manager.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { PnpmRunner } from '../../../lib/runners/pnpm.runner';
 
 jest.mock('../../../lib/runners/pnpm.runner');
 
-describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
+describe('PnpmPackageManager', () => {
   let packageManager: PnpmPackageManager;
   beforeEach(() => {
     (PnpmRunner as any).mockClear();
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       remove: 'uninstall',
       saveFlag: '--save',
       saveDevFlag: '--save-dev',
+      silentFlag: '--reporter=silent',
     };
     expect(packageManager.cli).toMatchObject(expectedValues);
   });
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       const dirName = '/tmp';
       const testDir = join(process.cwd(), dirName);
       packageManager.install(dirName, 'pnpm');
-      expect(spy).toBeCalledWith('install --silent', true, testDir);
+      expect(spy).toBeCalledWith('install --reporter=silent', true, testDir);
     });
   });
   describe('addProduction', () => {
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       const dependencies = ['@nestjs/common', '@nestjs/core'];
       const tag = '5.0.0';
       const command = `install --save ${dependencies
-          .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
-          .join(' ')}`;
+        .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
+        .join(' ')}`;
       packageManager.addProduction(dependencies, tag);
       expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(command, true);
     });
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       const dependencies = ['@nestjs/common', '@nestjs/core'];
       const tag = '5.0.0';
       const command = `install --save-dev ${dependencies
-          .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
-          .join(' ')}`;
+        .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
+        .join(' ')}`;
       packageManager.addDevelopment(dependencies, tag);
       expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(command, true);
     });
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       const uninstallCommand = `uninstall --save ${dependencies.join(' ')}`;
 
       const installCommand = `install --save ${dependencies
-          .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
-          .join(' ')}`;
+        .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
+        .join(' ')}`;
 
       return packageManager.upgradeProduction(dependencies, tag).then(() => {
         expect(spy.mock.calls).toEqual([
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ describe('NpmPackageManager', () => {
       const uninstallCommand = `uninstall --save-dev ${dependencies.join(' ')}`;
 
       const installCommand = `install --save-dev ${dependencies
-          .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
-          .join(' ')}`;
+        .map((dependency) => `${dependency}@${tag}`)
+        .join(' ')}`;
 
       return packageManager.upgradeDevelopment(dependencies, tag).then(() => {
         expect(spy.mock.calls).toEqual([
diff --git a/test/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.spec.ts b/test/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.spec.ts
index 1c25a707b..a4ae2c0fe 100644
--- a/test/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/test/lib/package-managers/yarn.package-manager.spec.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('YarnPackageManager', () => {
       remove: 'remove',
       saveFlag: '',
       saveDevFlag: '-D',
+      silentFlag: '--silent',
     };
     expect(packageManager.cli).toMatchObject(expectedValues);
   });