diff --git a/dvc/cli.py b/dvc/cli.py
index ff05e968a..922762e55 100644
--- a/dvc/cli.py
+++ b/dvc/cli.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from dvc.command.install import CmdInstall
 from dvc.command.root import CmdRoot
 from dvc.command.lock import CmdLock, CmdUnlock
 from dvc.command.pipeline import CmdPipelineShow
+from dvc.logger import Logger
 from dvc import VERSION
 
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def _fix_subparsers(subparsers):
 
 class DvcParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
     def error(self, message):
-        sys.stderr.write('error: %s\n' % message)
+        sys.stderr.write('{}{}\n'.format(Logger.error_prefix(), message))
         self.print_help()
         sys.exit(2)
 
@@ -784,11 +785,7 @@ def parse_args(argv=None):
             cwd = os.curdir
         path = os.path.join(cwd, 'Dvcfile')
         if not os.path.exists(path):
-            msg = "error: default target '{}' does not exist.\n"
-            sys.stderr.write(msg.format(path))
-            sys.stderr.flush()
-            repro_parser.print_help()
-            sys.exit(2)
+            parser.error("default target '{}' does not exist.".format(path))
         args.targets = ['Dvcfile']
 
     return args
diff --git a/dvc/logger.py b/dvc/logger.py
index 3fb5428f7..8196dc893 100644
--- a/dvc/logger.py
+++ b/dvc/logger.py
@@ -82,9 +82,25 @@ class Logger(object):
 
         return (str_exc, str_tb)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _prefix(msg, typ):
+        return Logger.colorize('{}: '.format(msg), typ)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def error_prefix():
+        return Logger._prefix('Error', 'error')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def warning_prefix():
+        return Logger._prefix('Warning', 'warn')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def debug_prefix():
+        return Logger._prefix('Debug', 'debug')
+
     @staticmethod
     def error(msg, exc=None):
-        prefix = Logger.colorize('Error: ', 'error')
+        prefix = Logger.error_prefix()
         str_exc, str_tb = Logger.parse_exc(exc)
         if Logger.logger().getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG and exc:
             str_tb = str_tb if str_tb else traceback.format_exc()
@@ -93,13 +109,11 @@ class Logger(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def warn(msg):
-        prefix = Logger.colorize('Warning: ', 'warn')
-        return Logger.logger().warn(prefix + msg)
+        return Logger.logger().warn(Logger.warning_prefix() + msg)
 
     @staticmethod
     def debug(msg):
-        prefix = Logger.colorize('Debug: ', 'debug')
-        return Logger.logger().debug(prefix + msg)
+        return Logger.logger().debug(Logger.debug_prefix() + msg)
 
     @staticmethod
     def info(msg):