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 ## Alternative Error Handling
 
-Cobra also has functions where the return signature is an error. This allows for errors to bubble up to the top, providing a way to handle the errors in one location. The current list of functions that return an error is:
+Cobra also has functions where the return signature is an error. This allows for errors to bubble up to the top,
+providing a way to handle the errors in one location. The current list of functions that return an error is:
 
 * PersistentPreRunE
 * PreRunE
@@ -721,6 +722,10 @@ Cobra also has functions where the return signature is an error. This allows for
 * PostRunE
 * PersistentPostRunE
 
+If you would like to silence the default `error` and `usage` output in favor of your own, you can set `SilenceUsage`
+and `SilenceErrors` to `false` on the command. A child command respects these flags if they are set on the parent
+command.
+
 **Example Usage using RunE:**
 
 ```go