diff --git a/dandi/cli/cmd_upload.py b/dandi/cli/cmd_upload.py
index 9b5f1760c..772a05a30 100644
--- a/dandi/cli/cmd_upload.py
+++ b/dandi/cli/cmd_upload.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     map_to_click_exceptions,
 )
 from ..consts import SyncMode
+from ..exceptions import UploadValidationError
 from ..upload import UploadExisting, UploadValidation
 
 
@@ -119,16 +120,19 @@ def upload(
         validation_companion_path(ctx.obj.logfile) if ctx.obj is not None else None
     )
 
-    upload_(
-        paths,
-        existing=existing,
-        validation=validation,
-        dandi_instance=dandi_instance,
-        allow_any_path=allow_any_path,
-        upload_dandiset_metadata=upload_dandiset_metadata,
-        devel_debug=devel_debug,
-        jobs=jobs,
-        jobs_per_file=jobs_per_file,
-        sync=SyncMode(sync) if sync is not None else None,
-        validation_log_path=companion,
-    )
+    try:
+        upload_(
+            paths,
+            existing=existing,
+            validation=validation,
+            dandi_instance=dandi_instance,
+            allow_any_path=allow_any_path,
+            upload_dandiset_metadata=upload_dandiset_metadata,
+            devel_debug=devel_debug,
+            jobs=jobs,
+            jobs_per_file=jobs_per_file,
+            sync=SyncMode(sync) if sync is not None else None,
+            validation_log_path=companion,
+        )
+    except UploadValidationError as exc:
+        raise click.ClickException(str(exc))
diff --git a/dandi/cli/tests/test_cmd_upload.py b/dandi/cli/tests/test_cmd_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc6ff9c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dandi/cli/tests/test_cmd_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+import pytest
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+from ..cmd_upload import upload
+from ...exceptions import UploadValidationError
+
+
+@pytest.mark.ai_generated
+def test_upload_validation_error_has_no_traceback(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    mocker.patch(
+        "dandi.upload.upload",
+        side_effect=UploadValidationError("failed validation"),
+    )
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(upload)
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert result.output == "Error: failed validation\n"
+    assert "Traceback" not in result.output
diff --git a/dandi/exceptions.py b/dandi/exceptions.py
index fc8639dff..f323d2a42 100644
--- a/dandi/exceptions.py
+++ b/dandi/exceptions.py
@@ -91,3 +91,9 @@ class HTTP404Error(requests.HTTPError):
 
 class UploadError(Exception):
     pass
+
+
+class UploadValidationError(UploadError):
+    """An upload could not proceed because an asset failed validation."""
+
+    pass
diff --git a/dandi/tests/fixtures.py b/dandi/tests/fixtures.py
index 4c4bb11a8..485cf36e6 100644
--- a/dandi/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/dandi/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -592,13 +592,18 @@ class SampleDandiset:
     def client(self) -> DandiAPIClient:
         return self.api.client
 
-    def upload(self, paths: list[str | Path] | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+    def upload(
+        self,
+        paths: list[str | Path] | None = None,
+        devel_debug: bool = True,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> None:
         with pytest.MonkeyPatch().context() as m:
             self.api.monkeypatch_set_api_key_env(m)
             upload(
                 paths=paths or [self.dspath],
                 dandi_instance=self.api.instance_id,
-                devel_debug=True,
+                devel_debug=devel_debug,
                 **{**self.upload_kwargs, **kwargs},
             )
 
diff --git a/dandi/tests/test_upload.py b/dandi/tests/test_upload.py
index cda476474..7f90768a6 100644
--- a/dandi/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/dandi/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -207,13 +207,26 @@ def test_upload_sync_do(mocker: MockerFixture, text_dandiset: SampleDandiset) ->
         text_dandiset.dandiset.get_asset_by_path("file.txt")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.ai_generated
 def test_upload_bids_invalid(
-    mocker: MockerFixture, bids_dandiset_invalid: SampleDandiset
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    bids_dandiset_invalid: SampleDandiset,
+    tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None:
     iter_upload_spy = mocker.spy(LocalFileAsset, "iter_upload")
+    validation_log = tmp_path / "upload_validation.jsonl"
     with pytest.raises(UploadError):
-        bids_dandiset_invalid.upload(existing=UploadExisting.FORCE)
+        bids_dandiset_invalid.upload(
+            existing=UploadExisting.FORCE,
+            validation_log_path=validation_log,
+            devel_debug=False,
+        )
     iter_upload_spy.assert_not_called()
+    assert (
+        f"Use `dandi validate --load {validation_log}` to review the saved results."
+        in caplog.text
+    )
     # Does validation ignoring work?
     bids_dandiset_invalid.upload(
         existing=UploadExisting.FORCE, validation=UploadValidation.IGNORE
diff --git a/dandi/upload.py b/dandi/upload.py
index e9d5b2402..2af271d30 100644
--- a/dandi/upload.py
+++ b/dandi/upload.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 )
 from .dandiapi import DandiAPIClient, RemoteAsset
 from .dandiset import Dandiset
-from .exceptions import NotFoundError, UploadError
+from .exceptions import NotFoundError, UploadError, UploadValidationError
 from .files import (
     DandiFile,
     DandisetMetadataFile,
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def process_path(dfile: DandiFile) -> Iterator[dict]:
                             for i, e in enumerate(validation_errors, start=1):
                                 lgr.warning(" Error %d: %s", i, e)
                             validate_ok = False
-                            raise UploadError("failed validation")
+                            raise UploadValidationError("failed validation")
                     else:
                         yield {"status": "validated"}
                 else:
@@ -478,10 +478,13 @@ def upload_agg(*ignored: Any) -> str:
                 out(rec)
 
         if not validate_ok:
-            lgr.warning(
-                "One or more assets failed validation.  Consult the logfile for"
-                " details."
-            )
+            msg = "One or more assets failed validation."
+            if validation_log_path is not None:
+                msg += (
+                    f" Use `dandi validate --load {validation_log_path}`"
+                    " to review the saved results."
+                )
+            lgr.warning(msg)
         if upload_err is not None:
             try:
                 import etelemetry