diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
index 0234379dac2..3d92871060f 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
@@ -79,16 +79,17 @@ suitable Node. Multiple different schedulers may be used within a cluster;
 kube-scheduler is the reference implementation.
 See [scheduling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/)
 for more information about scheduling and the kube-scheduler component.`,
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err := opts.Complete(&namedFlagSets); err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
+				return err
 			}
 			if err := runCommand(cmd, opts, registryOptions...); err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
+				return err
 			}
+			return nil
 		},
+		SilenceErrors: true,
+		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			for _, arg := range args {
 				if len(arg) > 0 {
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
index 521bf5582ec..39c873c4f65 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	if err := runSchedulerCmd(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func runSchedulerCmd() error {
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 
 	pflag.CommandLine.SetNormalizeFunc(cliflag.WordSepNormalizeFunc)
@@ -42,6 +50,8 @@ func main() {
 	defer logs.FlushLogs()
 
 	if err := command.Execute(); err != nil {
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return err
 	}
+
+	return nil
 }