diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
index 5a9da1f651..9d80faed04 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
@@ -166,5 +166,25 @@ static Properties getBuildProperties()
 
         return properties;
     }
-    
+
+    public static void showError( String message, Exception e, boolean showStackTrace )
+    {
+        System.err.println( message );
+
+        if ( showStackTrace )
+        {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            System.err.println( e.getMessage() );
+
+            for ( Throwable cause = e.getCause(); cause != null; cause = cause.getCause() )
+            {
+                System.err.print( "Caused by: " );
+                System.err.println( cause.getMessage() );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index 3378edd36a..b08d06910b 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ else if ( debug || commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.SHOW_VERSION ) )
 
         if ( cvr.isUserSettingsFilePresent() && !cvr.isUserSettingsFileParses() )
         {
-            //TODO: CLIReportingUtils.showError( "Error reading user settings: ", cvr.getUserSettingsException(), showErrors );
+            CLIReportingUtils.showError( "Error reading user settings: ", cvr.getUserSettingsException(), showErrors );
 
             return 1;
         }
 
         if ( cvr.isGlobalSettingsFilePresent() && !cvr.isGlobalSettingsFileParses() )
         {
-            //TODO: CLIReportingUtils.showError( "Error reading global settings: ", cvr.getGlobalSettingsException(), showErrors );
+            CLIReportingUtils.showError( "Error reading global settings: ", cvr.getGlobalSettingsException(), showErrors );
 
             return 1;
         }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ else if ( debug || commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.SHOW_VERSION ) )
         }
         catch ( MavenEmbedderException e )
         {
-            //TODO: CLIReportingUtils.showError( "Unable to start the embedder: ", e, showErrors );
+            CLIReportingUtils.showError( "Unable to start the embedder: ", e, showErrors );
 
             return 1;
         }