diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
index 970ee1291..a1281e998 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/walker"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -95,18 +96,18 @@ func runStats(gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 		if snapshotIDString == "latest" {
 			sID, err = restic.FindLatestSnapshot(ctx, repo, []string{}, []restic.TagList{}, snapshotByHost)
 			if err != nil {
-				Exitf(1, "latest snapshot for criteria not found: %v", err)
+				return errors.Fatalf("latest snapshot for criteria not found: %v", err)
 			}
 		} else {
 			sID, err = restic.FindSnapshot(repo, snapshotIDString)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return errors.Fatalf("error loading snapshot: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
 
 		snapshot, err := restic.LoadSnapshot(ctx, repo, sID)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Fatalf("error loading snapshot from repo: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		err = statsWalkSnapshot(ctx, snapshot, repo, stats)
diff --git a/internal/restic/backend_find.go b/internal/restic/backend_find.go
index 722a42dd2..4d11739e8 100644
--- a/internal/restic/backend_find.go
+++ b/internal/restic/backend_find.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 // ErrNoIDPrefixFound is returned by Find() when no ID for the given prefix
 // could be found.
-var ErrNoIDPrefixFound = errors.New("no ID found")
+var ErrNoIDPrefixFound = errors.New("no matching ID found")
 
 // ErrMultipleIDMatches is returned by Find() when multiple IDs with the given
 // prefix are found.