diff --git a/openapi_spec_validator/__main__.py b/openapi_spec_validator/__main__.py
index eb2884a..19abb60 100644
--- a/openapi_spec_validator/__main__.py
+++ b/openapi_spec_validator/__main__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import argparse
 import sys
 
+from jsonschema.exceptions import best_match
+
 from openapi_spec_validator import (
     openapi_v2_spec_validator, openapi_v3_spec_validator,
 )
@@ -15,9 +17,37 @@
 )
 
 
+def print_validationerror(exc, errors="best-match"):
+    print("# Validation Error\n")
+    print(exc)
+    if exc.cause:
+        print("\n# Cause\n")
+        print(exc.cause)
+    if not exc.context:
+        return
+    if errors == "all":
+        print("\n\n# Due to one of those errors\n")
+        print("\n\n\n".join("## " + str(e) for e in exc.context))
+    elif errors == "best-match":
+        print("\n\n# Probably due to this subschema error\n")
+        print("## " + str(best_match(exc.context)))
+        if len(exc.context) > 1:
+            print(
+                "\n({} more subschemas errors,".format(len(exc.context) - 1),
+                "use --errors=all to see them.)",
+            )
+
+
 def main(args=None):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('filename', help="Absolute or relative path to file")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--errors",
+        choices=("best-match", "all"),
+        default="best-match",
+        help="""Control error reporting. Defaults to "best-match", """
+        """use "all" to get all subschema errors.""",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--schema',
         help="OpenAPI schema (default: 3.0.0)",
@@ -50,7 +80,7 @@ def main(args=None):
     try:
         validator.validate(spec, spec_url=spec_url)
     except ValidationError as exc:
-        print(exc)
+        print_validationerror(exc, args.errors)
         sys.exit(1)
     except Exception as exc:
         print(exc)
diff --git a/tests/integration/data/v3.0/missing-description.yaml b/tests/integration/data/v3.0/missing-description.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fe1052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/data/v3.0/missing-description.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+openapi: 3.0.0
+
+info:
+  title: test
+  description: test
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+paths:
+  "/":
+    get:
+      description: Get the API root
+      responses:
+        200:
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: string
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_main.py b/tests/integration/test_main.py
index bbc1e1f..bfd5be9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_main.py
@@ -26,6 +26,33 @@ def test_schema_v2():
     main(testargs)
 
 
+def test_errors_on_missing_description_best(capsys):
+    """An error is obviously printed given an empty schema."""
+    testargs = ['./tests/integration/data/v3.0/missing-description.yaml']
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        main(testargs)
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Failed validating" in out
+    assert "'description' is a required property" in out
+    assert "'$ref' is a required property" not in out
+    assert '1 more subschemas errors' in out
+
+
+def test_errors_on_missing_description_full(capsys):
+    """An error is obviously printed given an empty schema."""
+    testargs = [
+        "./tests/integration/data/v3.0/missing-description.yaml",
+        "--errors=all"
+    ]
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        main(testargs)
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Failed validating" in out
+    assert "'description' is a required property" in out
+    assert "'$ref' is a required property" in out
+    assert '1 more subschema error' not in out
+
+
 def test_schema_unknown():
     """Errors on running with unknown schema."""
     testargs = ['--schema', 'x.x',