diff --git a/cli/cmd/customer_create.go b/cli/cmd/customer_create.go
index 4614c74e..1bcfc4f4 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/customer_create.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/customer_create.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitCustomersCreateCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Comma
 		Long:          `create a customer`,
 		RunE:          r.createCustomer,
 		SilenceUsage:  false,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.args.customerCreateName, "name", "", "Name of the customer")
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitCustomersCreateCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Comma
 }
 
 func (r *runners) createCustomer(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) (err error) {
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // this command uses custom error printing
+
 	defer func() {
 		printIfError(cmd, err)
 	}()
diff --git a/cli/cmd/customer_update.go b/cli/cmd/customer_update.go
index e77c8a6e..136ccb87 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/customer_update.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/customer_update.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitCustomerUpdateCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Comman
 		Long:          `update a customer`,
 		RunE:          r.updateCustomer,
 		SilenceUsage:  false,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.args.customerUpdateID, "customer", "", "The ID of the customer to update")
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitCustomerUpdateCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Comman
 }
 
 func (r *runners) updateCustomer(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) (err error) {
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // this command uses custom error printing
+
 	defer func() {
 		printIfError(cmd, err)
 	}()
diff --git a/cli/cmd/instance_inspect.go b/cli/cmd/instance_inspect.go
index 2da30a75..7e81f14e 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/instance_inspect.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/instance_inspect.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitInstanceInspectCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Comma
 		Long:          `Show full details for a customer instance`,
 		RunE:          r.inspectInstance,
 		SilenceUsage:  false,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.args.instanceInspectCustomer, "customer", "", "Customer Name or ID")
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitInstanceInspectCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Comma
 }
 
 func (r *runners) inspectInstance(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) (err error) {
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // this command uses custom error printing
+
 	defer func() {
 		printIfError(cmd, err)
 	}()
diff --git a/cli/cmd/instance_ls.go b/cli/cmd/instance_ls.go
index ac015c4e..57b86618 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/instance_ls.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/instance_ls.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitInstanceLSCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		Long:          `list customer instances`,
 		RunE:          r.listInstances,
 		SilenceUsage:  false,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 
 	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitInstanceLSCommand(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func (r *runners) listInstances(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) (err error) {
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // this command uses custom error printing
+
 	defer func() {
 		printIfError(cmd, err)
 	}()
diff --git a/cli/cmd/release_create.go b/cli/cmd/release_create.go
index a781554c..d75f483d 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/release_create.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/release_create.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleaseCreate(parent *cobra.Command) error {
 		Long: `Create a new release by providing YAML configuration for the next release in
   your sequence.`,
 		SilenceUsage:  false,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 
 	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ func (r *runners) setKOTSDefaultReleaseParams() error {
 }
 
 func (r *runners) releaseCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // this command uses custom error printing
+
 	defer func() {
 		printIfError(cmd, err)
 	}()
diff --git a/cli/cmd/release_promote.go b/cli/cmd/release_promote.go
index fafc7380..891cec0d 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/release_promote.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/release_promote.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleasePromote(parent *cobra.Command) {
 		Long: `Set the release for a channel
 
   Example: replicated release promote 15 fe4901690971757689f022f7a460f9b2`,
-		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 
 	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleasePromote(parent *cobra.Command) {
 }
 
 func (r *runners) releasePromote(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // this command uses custom error printing
+
 	defer func() {
 		printIfError(cmd, err)
 	}()