diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index e035014..46071af 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 import process from 'node:process';
 import meow from 'meow';
 import {excludeKeys} from 'filter-obj';
-import packageJson from 'package-json';
+import packageJson, {PackageNotFoundError, VersionNotFoundError} from 'package-json';
+import logSymbols from 'log-symbols';
 
 const cli = meow(`
 	Usage
@@ -54,7 +55,19 @@ const options = {
 	...cli.flags,
 };
 
-let package_ = await packageJson(packageName, options);
-package_ = excludeKeys(package_, key => key.startsWith('_') || key === 'directories');
+try {
+	let package_ = await packageJson(packageName, options);
+	package_ = excludeKeys(package_, key => key.startsWith('_') || key === 'directories');
 
-console.log(JSON.stringify(package_, undefined, '  '));
+	console.log(JSON.stringify(package_, undefined, '  '));
+} catch (error) {
+	if (error instanceof PackageNotFoundError) {
+		console.error(`${logSymbols.error} Package \`${packageName}\` does not exist.`);
+	} else if (error instanceof VersionNotFoundError) {
+		console.error(`${logSymbols.error} Could not find version \`${version}\` of the package \`${packageName}\`.`);
+	} else {
+		throw error;
+	}
+
+	process.exitCode = 1;
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 650e670..178ca5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 	],
 	"dependencies": {
 		"filter-obj": "^5.1.0",
+		"log-symbols": "^6.0.0",
 		"meow": "^13.2.0",
 		"package-json": "^10.0.0"
 	},
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index b418032..afd4bc7 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import test from 'ava';
 import {execa} from 'execa';
 
-const verify = test.macro(async (t, {args, expected}) => {
-	const {stdout} = await execa('./cli.js', args.split(' '));
-	const json = JSON.parse(stdout);
+const verify = test.macro(async (t, {args, expected, error}) => {
+	const {stdout, stderr} = await execa('./cli.js', args.split(' '), {reject: false, env: {NO_COLOR: '1'}});
 
-	t.like(json, expected);
+	if (error) {
+		t.is(stderr, error);
+	} else {
+		const json = JSON.parse(stdout);
+		t.like(json, expected);
+	}
 });
 
 test('main', verify, {
@@ -26,6 +30,16 @@ test('can specify a version', verify, {
 	},
 });
 
+test('package does not exist', verify, {
+	args: 'nnnope 1.0.0',
+	error: '✖ Package `nnnope` does not exist.',
+});
+
+test('version does not exist', verify, {
+	args: 'ava 0.0.0',
+	error: '✖ Could not find version `0.0.0` of the package `ava`.',
+});
+
 test('flags: --full-metadata', verify, {
 	args: 'ava --full-metadata',
 	expected: {
@@ -58,17 +72,17 @@ test('flags: --registry-url', verify, {
 	},
 });
 
-test('flags: --no-deprecated', async t => {
-	const {stdout} = await execa('./cli.js', ['querystring']);
-	const json = JSON.parse(stdout);
-
-	t.truthy(json.deprecated);
-
-	const {stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(
-		execa('./cli.js', ['querystring', '0.2', '--no-deprecated']),
-	);
+test('includes deprecated versions by default', verify, {
+	args: 'querystring',
+	expected: {
+		name: 'querystring',
+		deprecated: 'The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.',
+	},
+});
 
-	t.regex(stderr, /VersionNotFoundError/);
+test('flags: --no-deprecated', verify, {
+	args: 'querystring 0.2 --no-deprecated',
+	error: '✖ Could not find version `0.2` of the package `querystring`.',
 });
 
 test('flags: combined', verify, {