diff --git a/dvc/command/status.py b/dvc/command/status.py
index f02010778..75cbd9565 100644
--- a/dvc/command/status.py
+++ b/dvc/command/status.py
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ class CmdDataStatus(CmdDataBase):
                 logger.info(self.UP_TO_DATE_MSG)
 
         except DvcException:
-            logger.exception("failed to obtain data status")
+            logger.exception("")
             return 1
         return 0
diff --git a/dvc/utils/serialize/_yaml.py b/dvc/utils/serialize/_yaml.py
index 773853084..f913fa790 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/serialize/_yaml.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/serialize/_yaml.py
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from funcy import reraise
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
-from ruamel.yaml.error import YAMLError
+from ruamel.yaml.constructor import DuplicateKeyError
+from ruamel.yaml.error import YAMLError as _YAMLError
 
 from ._common import ParseError, _dump_data, _load_data, _modify_data
 
 
-class YAMLFileCorruptedError(ParseError):
+class YAMLError(ParseError):
+    pass
+
+
+class YAMLFileCorruptedError(YAMLError):
     def __init__(self, path):
         super().__init__(path, "YAML file structure is corrupted")
 
@@ -20,8 +25,14 @@ def load_yaml(path, tree=None):
 
 def parse_yaml(text, path, typ="safe"):
     yaml = YAML(typ=typ)
-    with reraise(YAMLError, YAMLFileCorruptedError(path)):
-        return yaml.load(text) or {}
+    try:
+        with reraise(_YAMLError, YAMLFileCorruptedError(path)):
+            return yaml.load(text) or {}
+    except DuplicateKeyError as exc:
+        # NOTE: unfortunately this one doesn't inherit from YAMLError, so we
+        # have to catch it by-hand. See
+        # https://yaml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#duplicate-keys
+        raise YAMLError(path, exc.problem)
 
 
 def parse_yaml_for_update(text, path):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/serialize/__init__.py b/tests/unit/utils/serialize/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/serialize/test_yaml.py b/tests/unit/utils/serialize/test_yaml.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0240bdc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/serialize/test_yaml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dvc.utils.serialize._yaml import YAMLError, parse_yaml
+
+
+def test_parse_yaml_duplicate_key_error():
+    text = """\
+    mykey:
+    - foo
+    mykey:
+    - bar
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(YAMLError, match='found duplicate key "mykey"'):
+        parse_yaml(text, "mypath")