diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 612ebf10d..89cc9ff05 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,3 @@ script:
     - make travis_${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE} TEST_FAST_TIMEOUT=10m
 notifications:
     webhooks: https://ufci1w66n3.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/stage/travis
-
diff --git a/cmd/stack_select.go b/cmd/stack_select.go
index d844639df..a533f2ca4 100644
--- a/cmd/stack_select.go
+++ b/cmd/stack_select.go
@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/backend/state"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/tokens"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/util/cmdutil"
-	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/util/contract"
 )
 
 // newStackSelectCmd handles both the "local" and "cloud" scenarios in its implementation.
@@ -40,15 +39,15 @@ func newStackSelectCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			// Ask all known backends about this stack.
+			var result error
 			bes, hasClouds := allBackends()
 			toSelect := tokens.QName(args[0])
 			for _, b := range bes {
 				stack, err := b.GetStack(toSelect)
 				if err != nil {
 					// If there is an error, file it away, but keep going in case it's a transient cloud error.
-					_, fmterr := fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,
-						"error: could not query '%s' backend for possible stack select", b.Name())
-					contract.IgnoreError(fmterr)
+					result = multierror.Append(result, errors.Wrapf(err,
+						"could not query '%s' backend for stack selection", b.Name()))
 					continue
 				} else if stack != nil {
 					return state.SetCurrentStack(toSelect)
@@ -59,10 +58,9 @@ func newStackSelectCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			// message if no clouds are logged into, since that is presumably a common mistake.
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("no stack named '%s' found", toSelect)
 			if !hasClouds {
-				return errors.New(msg +
-					"; you aren't logged into the Pulumi Cloud -- did you forget to 'pulumi login'?")
+				msg += "; you aren't logged into the Pulumi Cloud -- did you forget to 'pulumi login'?"
 			}
-			return errors.New(msg)
+			return multierror.Append(result, errors.New(msg))
 		}),
 	}
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(
diff --git a/pkg/util/cmdutil/exit.go b/pkg/util/cmdutil/exit.go
index 60a476543..48150f47d 100644
--- a/pkg/util/cmdutil/exit.go
+++ b/pkg/util/cmdutil/exit.go
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ func errorMessage(err error) string {
 		}
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("%d errors occurred:", len(wr))
 		for i, werr := range wr {
-			if i != len(wr)-1 {
-				msg += "\n"
-			}
-			msg += fmt.Sprintf("\t- %s", errorMessage(werr))
+			msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n\t%d) %s", i, errorMessage(werr))
 		}
+		return msg
 	}
 	return err.Error()
 }