diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/TastyParser.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/TastyParser.scala
index f55451fdc636..264579496dbc 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/TastyParser.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/TastyParser.scala
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ object ScaladocTastyInspector:
       report.error("File extension is not `tasty` or `jar`: " + invalidPath)
 
     if tastyPaths.nonEmpty then
-      TastyInspector.inspectAllTastyFiles(tastyPaths, jarPaths, classpath)(inspector)
+      val tastyOk = TastyInspector.inspectAllTastyFiles(tastyPaths, jarPaths, classpath)(inspector)
+      if !tastyOk then
+        report.error("Failed to analyse some of the tasty files, please check the above logs for details")
 
     val all = inspector.topLevels.result()
     all.groupBy(_._1).map { case (pckName, members) =>