diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31ffec316..8786fda18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   * core: Fix many edge cases surrounding the `count` meta-parameter.
   * core: Strings in the configuration can escape double-quotes with the
       standard `\"` syntax.
+  * core: Error parsing CLI config will show properly. [GH-288]
   * providers/aws: autoscaling_group can be launched into a vpc [GH-259]
   * providers/aws: not an error when RDS instance is deleted manually. [GH-307]
   * providers/aws: Retry deleting subnet for some time while AWS eventually
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 29ee63743..95eaab560 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func wrappedMain() int {
 	// Load the configuration
 	config := BuiltinConfig
 	if err := config.Discover(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error discovering plugins: %s", err)
+		Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error discovering plugins: %s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
 
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ func wrappedMain() int {
 	// define extra providers and provisioners.
 	clicfgFile, err := cliConfigFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error loading CLI configuration: \n\n%s\n", err)
+		Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error loading CLI configuration: \n\n%s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
 
 	if clicfgFile != "" {
 		usrcfg, err := LoadConfig(clicfgFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error loading CLI configuration: \n\n%s\n", err)
+			Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error loading CLI configuration: \n\n%s", err))
 			return 1
 		}
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func wrappedMain() int {
 
 	exitCode, err := cli.Run()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error executing CLI: %s\n", err.Error())
+		Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error executing CLI: %s", err.Error()))
 		return 1
 	}
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func cliConfigFile() (string, error) {
 	configFilePath := os.Getenv("TERRAFORM_CONFIG")
 	if configFilePath == "" {
 		var err error
-		configFilePath, err = configFile()
+		configFilePath, err = ConfigFile()
 		mustExist = false
 
 		if err != nil {