diff --git a/cli/src/cluster_query.rs b/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
index 91d8ef9783..f9aada2889 100644
--- a/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ pub fn process_show_stakes(
         CliError::RpcRequestError("Failed to deserialize stake history".to_string())
     })?;
     // At v1.6, this check can be removed and simply passed as `true`
-    let stake_program_v2_enabled = is_stake_program_v2_enabled(rpc_client);
+    let stake_program_v2_enabled = is_stake_program_v2_enabled(rpc_client)?;
 
     let mut stake_accounts: Vec<CliKeyedStakeState> = vec![];
     for (stake_pubkey, stake_account) in all_stake_accounts {
diff --git a/cli/src/nonce.rs b/cli/src/nonce.rs
index e7ee457b7a..81bf99b448 100644
--- a/cli/src/nonce.rs
+++ b/cli/src/nonce.rs
@@ -457,11 +457,11 @@ pub fn process_new_nonce(
         (&nonce_account, "nonce_account_pubkey".to_string()),
     )?;
 
-    let nonce_account_check = rpc_client.get_account(&nonce_account);
-    if nonce_account_check.is_err() {
-        return Err(CliError::BadParameter(
-            "Unable to create new nonce, no nonce account found".to_string(),
-        )
+    if let Err(err) = rpc_client.get_account(&nonce_account) {
+        return Err(CliError::BadParameter(format!(
+            "Unable to advance nonce account {}. error: {}",
+            nonce_account, err
+        ))
         .into());
     }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/stake.rs b/cli/src/stake.rs
index 8bf220c3ff..fdb734ba7b 100644
--- a/cli/src/stake.rs
+++ b/cli/src/stake.rs
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ pub fn process_show_stake_account(
                 use_lamports_unit,
                 &stake_history,
                 &clock,
-                is_stake_program_v2_enabled(rpc_client), // At v1.6, this check can be removed and simply passed as `true`
+                is_stake_program_v2_enabled(rpc_client)?, // At v1.6, this check can be removed and simply passed as `true`
             );
 
             if state.stake_type == CliStakeType::Stake {
@@ -1787,10 +1787,10 @@ pub fn process_delegate_stake(
         // voted at the tip of the ledger
         let vote_account_data = rpc_client
             .get_account(vote_account_pubkey)
-            .map_err(|_| {
+            .map_err(|err| {
                 CliError::RpcRequestError(format!(
-                    "Vote account not found: {}",
-                    vote_account_pubkey
+                    "Vote account not found: {}. error: {}",
+                    vote_account_pubkey, err,
                 ))
             })?
             .data;
@@ -1878,13 +1878,13 @@ pub fn process_delegate_stake(
     }
 }
 
-pub fn is_stake_program_v2_enabled(rpc_client: &RpcClient) -> bool {
-    rpc_client
-        .get_account(&feature_set::stake_program_v2::id())
-        .ok()
-        .and_then(|account| feature::from_account(&account))
+pub fn is_stake_program_v2_enabled(
+    rpc_client: &RpcClient,
+) -> Result<bool, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let feature_account = rpc_client.get_account(&feature_set::stake_program_v2::id())?;
+    Ok(feature::from_account(&feature_account)
         .and_then(|feature| feature.activated_at)
-        .is_some()
+        .is_some())
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]