diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py
index 00c3169c8..7095cda90 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from ._common import with_repository, Highlander
 from ..archive import Archive, Statistics
 from ..cache import Cache
 from ..constants import *  # NOQA
-from ..helpers import log_multi, format_archive, sig_int
+from ..helpers import log_multi, format_archive, sig_int, CommandError, Error
 from ..manifest import Manifest
 
 from ..logger import create_logger
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ class DeleteMixIn:
         if not archive_names:
             return
         if args.match_archives is None and args.first == 0 and args.last == 0:
-            self.print_error(
+            raise CommandError(
                 "Aborting: if you really want to delete all archives, please use -a 'sh:*' "
                 "or just delete the whole repository (might be much faster)."
             )
-            return
 
         if args.forced == 2:
             deleted = False
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/rcompress_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/rcompress_cmd.py
index 3d5d358c6..30706dcd6 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/rcompress_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/rcompress_cmd.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from ._common import with_repository, Highlander
 from ..constants import *  # NOQA
 from ..compress import CompressionSpec, ObfuscateSize, Auto, COMPRESSOR_TABLE
-from ..helpers import sig_int, ProgressIndicatorPercent
+from ..helpers import sig_int, ProgressIndicatorPercent, Error
 
 from ..manifest import Manifest
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class RCompressMixIn:
         pi.finish()
         if sig_int:
             # Ctrl-C / SIGINT: do not checkpoint (commit) again, we already have a checkpoint in this case.
-            self.print_error("Got Ctrl-C / SIGINT.")
+            raise Error("Got Ctrl-C / SIGINT.")
         elif uncommitted_chunks > 0:
             checkpoint_func()
         if args.stats: