diff --git a/news/management/commands/import_rss_news.py b/news/management/commands/import_rss_news.py
index f1bca20f..3ffa52fe 100644
--- a/news/management/commands/import_rss_news.py
+++ b/news/management/commands/import_rss_news.py
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         data = handle.read()
         parsed = feedparser.parse(data)
         if parsed.bozo == 1:
-            self.stderr.write(parsed.bozo_exception)
+            raise CommandError(parsed.bozo_exception)
         else:
             self.process_feed(parsed)