diff --git a/cmd/validate.go b/cmd/validate.go
index 2527168..5e3a930 100644
--- a/cmd/validate.go
+++ b/cmd/validate.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ yq v - # reads from stdin
 `,
 		RunE:          validateProperty,
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
-		SilenceErrors: true,
+		SilenceErrors: false,
 	}
 	cmdRead.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&docIndex, "doc", "d", "0", "process document index number (0 based, * for all documents)")
 	return cmdRead