diff --git a/cmd/fission-cli/main.go b/cmd/fission-cli/main.go
index 10077935..40419030 100644
--- a/cmd/fission-cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fission-cli/main.go
@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/fission/fission/cmd/fission-cli/app"
+	"github.com/fission/fission/pkg/fission-cli/console"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	err := app.App().Execute()
+	cmd := app.App()
+	cmd.SilenceErrors = true // use our own error message printer
+
+	err := cmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		// let program exit with non-zero code when error occurs
+		console.Error(err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cliwrapper/driver/cobra/helptemplate/templates.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cliwrapper/driver/cobra/helptemplate/templates.go
index aeb465a0..4414480b 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cliwrapper/driver/cobra/helptemplate/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cliwrapper/driver/cobra/helptemplate/templates.go
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ const (
 {{end}}`
 
 	// SectionTipsHelp is the help template section that displays the '--help' hint.
-	SectionTipsHelp = `{{if .HasSubCommands}}Use "{{$rootCmd}} <command> --help" for more information about a given command.{{end}}`
+	SectionTipsHelp = `{{if .HasSubCommands}}Use "{{$rootCmd}} <command> --help" for more information about a given command.
+{{end}}`
 
 	// SectionTipsGlobalOptions is the help template section that displays the 'options' hint for displaying global flags.
-	SectionTipsGlobalOptions = `{{if $optionsCmdFor}}Use "{{$optionsCmdFor}}" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).{{end}}`
+	SectionTipsGlobalOptions = `{{if $optionsCmdFor}}Use "{{$optionsCmdFor}}" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).
+{{end}}`
 )
 
 // MainHelpTemplate if the template for 'help' used by most commands.
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/spec/apply.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/spec/apply.go
index e36f783c..3773ee3e 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/spec/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/spec/apply.go
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func applyArchives(fclient *client.Client, specDir string, fr *FissionResources)
 			if strings.HasPrefix(ar.URL, ARCHIVE_URL_PREFIX) {
 				availableAr, ok := archiveFiles[ar.URL]
 				if !ok {
-					return fmt.Errorf("unknown archive name %v", strings.TrimPrefix(ar.URL, ARCHIVE_URL_PREFIX))
+					return errors.Errorf("unknown archive name %v", strings.TrimPrefix(ar.URL, ARCHIVE_URL_PREFIX))
 				}
 				ar.Type = availableAr.Type
 				ar.Literal = availableAr.Literal
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ func applyResources(fclient *client.Client, specDir string, fr *FissionResources
 			// spec. It may exist outside the spec, but we're going to treat
 			// that as an error, so that we encourage self-contained specs.
 			// Is there a good use case for non-self contained specs?
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("function %v/%v references package %v/%v, which doesn't exist in the specs",
+			return nil, nil, errors.Errorf("function %v/%v references package %v/%v, which doesn't exist in the specs",
 				f.Metadata.Namespace, f.Metadata.Name, f.Spec.Package.PackageRef.Namespace, f.Spec.Package.PackageRef.Name)
 		}
 		fr.Functions[i].Spec.Package.PackageRef.ResourceVersion = m.ResourceVersion
@@ -430,8 +430,7 @@ func localArchiveFromSpec(specDir string, aus *spectypes.ArchiveUploadSpec) (*fv
 			absGlob := rootDir + "/" + relativeGlob
 			f, err := filepath.Glob(absGlob)
 			if err != nil {
-				console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid glob in archive %v: %v", aus.Name, relativeGlob))
-				return nil, err
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Invalid glob in archive %v: %v", aus.Name, relativeGlob)
 			}
 			files = append(files, f...)
 			// xxx handle excludeGlobs here
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ func localArchiveFromSpec(specDir string, aus *spectypes.ArchiveUploadSpec) (*fv
 	}
 
 	if len(files) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("archive '%v' is empty", aus.Name)
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("archive '%v' is empty", aus.Name)
 	}
 
 	// if it's just one file, use its path directly
@@ -490,7 +489,7 @@ func localArchiveFromSpec(specDir string, aus *spectypes.ArchiveUploadSpec) (*fv
 		// checksum
 		csum, err := utils.GetFileChecksum(archiveFileName)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to calculate archive checksum for %v (%v): %v", aus.Name, archiveFileName, err)
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to calculate archive checksum for %v (%v): %v", aus.Name, archiveFileName, err)
 		}
 
 		// archive object
@@ -535,7 +534,7 @@ func waitForPackageBuild(fclient *client.Client, pkg *fv1.Package) (*fv1.Package
 			return pkg, nil
 		}
 		if time.Since(start) > 5*time.Minute {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("package %v has been building for a while, giving up on waiting for it", pkg.Metadata.Name)
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("package %v has been building for a while, giving up on waiting for it", pkg.Metadata.Name)
 		}
 
 		// TODO watch instead
@@ -612,7 +611,7 @@ func applyPackages(fclient *client.Client, fr *FissionResources, delete bool) (m
 				pkg, err := waitForPackageBuild(fclient, &o)
 				if err != nil {
 					// log and ignore
-					fmt.Printf("Error waiting for package '%v' build, ignoring\n", o.Metadata.Name)
+					console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error waiting for package '%v' build, ignoring", o.Metadata.Name))
 					pkg = &o
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/crd.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/crd.go
index 39edee1f..112c80e3 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/crd.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/crd.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case CrdEnvironment:
 		items, err := res.client.EnvironmentList(metav1.NamespaceAll)
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+			console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case CrdFunction:
 		items, err := res.client.FunctionList(metav1.NamespaceAll)
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+			console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case CrdPackage:
 		items, err := res.client.PackageList(metav1.NamespaceAll)
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+			console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case CrdHttpTrigger:
 		items, err := res.client.HTTPTriggerList(metav1.NamespaceAll)
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+			console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case CrdKubeWatcher:
 		items, err := res.client.WatchList(metav1.NamespaceAll)
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+			console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 		for _, mqType := range []string{types.MessageQueueTypeNats, types.MessageQueueTypeASQ} {
 			l, err := res.client.MessageQueueTriggerList(mqType, metav1.NamespaceAll)
 			if err != nil {
-				console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+				console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 				break
 			}
 			triggers = append(triggers, l...)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case CrdTimeTrigger:
 		items, err := res.client.TimeTriggerList(metav1.NamespaceAll)
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
+			console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list: %v", res.crdType, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (res CrdDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 		}
 
 	default:
-		console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown type: %v", res.crdType))
+		console.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown type: %v", res.crdType))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/kubernetes.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/kubernetes.go
index 0c73fdf1..3b1e3bf7 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/kubernetes.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func NewKubernetesVersion(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset) Resource {
 func (res KubernetesVersion) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	serverVer, err := res.client.ServerVersion()
 	if err != nil {
-		console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error setting up kubernetes client: %v", err))
+		console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error setting up kubernetes client: %v", err))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case KubernetesService:
 		objs, err := res.client.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.selector})
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
+			console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case KubernetesDeployment:
 		objs, err := res.client.AppsV1().Deployments(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.selector})
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
+			console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case KubernetesPod:
 		objs, err := res.client.CoreV1().Pods(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.selector})
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
+			console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case KubernetesHPA:
 		objs, err := res.client.AutoscalingV2beta1().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.selector})
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
+			console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case KubernetesDaemonSet:
 		objs, err := res.client.AppsV1().DaemonSets(metav1.NamespaceAll).List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.selector})
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
+			console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 	case KubernetesNode:
 		objs, err := res.client.CoreV1().Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.selector})
 		if err != nil {
-			console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
+			console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting %v list with selector %v: %v", res.objType, res.selector, err))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (res KubernetesObjectDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 		}
 
 	default:
-		console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown type: %v", res.objType))
+		console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown type: %v", res.objType))
 		return
 	}
 }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (res KubernetesPodLogDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 		Pods(metav1.NamespaceAll).
 		List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: res.labelSelector})
 	if err != nil {
-		console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting controller list: %v", err))
+		console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting controller list: %v", err))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (res KubernetesPodLogDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 
 				stream, err := req.Stream()
 				if err != nil {
-					console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error streaming logs for pod %v: %v", pod.Name, err))
+					console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error streaming logs for pod %v: %v", pod.Name, err))
 					return
 				}
 
@@ -232,13 +232,14 @@ func (res KubernetesPodLogDumper) Dump(dumpDir string) {
 							stream.Close()
 							break
 						}
-						console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading logs from buffer: %v", err))
+						console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading logs from buffer: %v", err))
 						return
 					}
 
 					_, err = buffer.WriteString(string(line) + "\n")
 					if err != nil {
-						console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error writing bytes to buffer: %v", err))
+						console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error writing bytes to buffer: %v", err))
+						return
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/resource.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/resource.go
index c866ef10..75c7b5ec 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/support/resources/resource.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func getPodFileName(dumpdir string, pod metav1.ObjectMeta, containerName string)
 func writeToFile(file string, obj interface{}) {
 	bs, err := yaml.Marshal(obj)
 	if err != nil {
-		console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error encoding object: %v", err))
+		console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error encoding object: %v", err))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ func writeToFile(file string, obj interface{}) {
 
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(file, bs, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
-		console.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Error writing file %v: %v", file, err))
+		console.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error writing file %v: %v", file, err))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/console/log.go b/pkg/fission-cli/console/log.go
index dc66f6b5..1fdd2132 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/console/log.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/console/log.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package console
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/life1347/color"
 )
@@ -28,12 +29,16 @@ var (
 	Verbosity int
 )
 
+func Error(msg interface{}) {
+	os.Stderr.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v\n", color.RedString("Error"), trimNewline(msg)))
+}
+
 func Warn(msg interface{}) {
-	os.Stdout.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v\n", color.YellowString("Warning"), msg))
+	os.Stdout.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v\n", color.YellowString("Warning"), trimNewline(msg)))
 }
 
 func Info(msg interface{}) {
-	os.Stderr.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v\n", msg))
+	os.Stderr.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v\n", trimNewline(msg)))
 }
 
 func Verbose(verbosityLevel int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
@@ -41,3 +46,7 @@ func Verbose(verbosityLevel int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 		fmt.Printf(format+"\n", args...)
 	}
 }
+
+func trimNewline(m interface{}) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(fmt.Sprintf("%v", m), "\n")
+}