@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func NewCommandCLI(name, fullName string, in io.Reader, out, errout io.Writer) *

 				cmd.NewCmdNewBuild(fullName, f, in, out),

 				cmd.NewCmdStartBuild(fullName, f, in, out),

 				cmd.NewCmdCancelBuild(cmd.CancelBuildRecommendedCommandName, fullName, f, in, out),

-				cmd.NewCmdImportImage(fullName, f, out),

+				cmd.NewCmdImportImage(fullName, f, out, errout),

 				cmd.NewCmdTag(fullName, f, out),

 			},

 		},

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (

 	kapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"

 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"

+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"

 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"

 	kctl "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"

 	kcmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"

@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ spec.Tags may have tag and image information imported.`

 )

 // NewCmdImportImage implements the OpenShift cli import-image command.

-func NewCmdImportImage(fullName string, f *clientcmd.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {

+func NewCmdImportImage(fullName string, f *clientcmd.Factory, out, errout io.Writer) *cobra.Command {

 	opts := &ImportImageOptions{}

 	cmd := &cobra.Command{

 		Use:        "import-image IMAGESTREAM[:TAG]",

@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func NewCmdImportImage(fullName string, f *clientcmd.Factory, out io.Writer) *co

 		Example:    fmt.Sprintf(importImageExample, fullName),

 		SuggestFor: []string{"image"},

 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {

-			kcmdutil.CheckErr(opts.Complete(f, cmd, args, fullName, out))

+			kcmdutil.CheckErr(opts.Complete(f, cmd, args, fullName, out, errout))

 			kcmdutil.CheckErr(opts.Validate(cmd))

 			kcmdutil.CheckErr(opts.Run())

 		},

@@ -72,13 +73,14 @@ type ImportImageOptions struct {

 	// helpers

 	out      io.Writer

+	errout   io.Writer

 	osClient client.Interface

 	isClient client.ImageStreamInterface

 }

 // Complete turns a partially defined ImportImageOptions into a solvent structure

 // which can be validated and used for aa import.

-func (o *ImportImageOptions) Complete(f *clientcmd.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, commandName string, out io.Writer) error {

+func (o *ImportImageOptions) Complete(f *clientcmd.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, commandName string, out, errout io.Writer) error {

 	o.CommandName = commandName

 	if len(args) > 0 {

@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ func (o *ImportImageOptions) Complete(f *clientcmd.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command,

 	o.osClient = osClient

 	o.isClient = osClient.ImageStreams(namespace)

 	o.out = out

+	o.errout = errout

 	return nil

 }

@@ -147,7 +150,11 @@ func (o *ImportImageOptions) Run() error {

 	case err != nil:

 		return err

 	default:

-		fmt.Fprint(o.out, "The import completed successfully.\n\n")

+		if wasError(result) {

+			fmt.Fprintf(o.errout, "The import completed with errors.\n\n")

+		} else {

+			fmt.Fprint(o.out, "The import completed successfully.\n\n")

+		}

 		// optimization, use the image stream returned by the call

 		d := describe.ImageStreamDescriber{Interface: o.osClient}

@@ -205,6 +212,18 @@ func (o *ImportImageOptions) Run() error {

 	return nil

 }

+func wasError(isi *imageapi.ImageStreamImport) bool {

+	for _, image := range isi.Status.Images {

+		if image.Status.Status == unversioned.StatusFailure {

+			return true

+		}

+	}

+	if isi.Status.Repository != nil && isi.Status.Repository.Status.Status == unversioned.StatusFailure {

+		return true

+	}

+	return false

+}

+

 // TODO: move to image/api as a helper

 type importError struct {

 	annotation string

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

 	kapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"

+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"

 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/client/testclient"

 	imageapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/api"

@@ -373,6 +374,44 @@ func TestCreateImageImport(t *testing.T) {

 	}

 }

+func TestWasError(t *testing.T) {

+	testCases := map[string]struct {

+		isi      *imageapi.ImageStreamImport

+		expected bool

+	}{

+		"no error": {

+			isi:      &imageapi.ImageStreamImport{},

+			expected: false,

+		},

+		"error importing images": {

+			isi: &imageapi.ImageStreamImport{

+				Status: imageapi.ImageStreamImportStatus{

+					Images: []imageapi.ImageImportStatus{

+						{Status: unversioned.Status{Status: unversioned.StatusFailure}},

+					},

+				},

+			},

+			expected: true,

+		},

+		"error importing repository": {

+			isi: &imageapi.ImageStreamImport{

+				Status: imageapi.ImageStreamImportStatus{

+					Repository: &imageapi.RepositoryImportStatus{

+						Status: unversioned.Status{Status: unversioned.StatusFailure},

+					},

+				},

+			},

+			expected: true,

+		},

+	}

+

+	for name, test := range testCases {

+		if a, e := wasError(test.isi), test.expected; a != e {

+			t.Errorf("%s: expected %v, got %v", name, e, a)

+		}

+	}

+}

+

 func listEqual(actual, expected []imageapi.ImageImportSpec) bool {

 	if len(actual) != len(expected) {

 		return false