diff --git a/examples/user_team_mgmt.py b/examples/user_team_mgmt.py
index 450a20dc..5411e25d 100755
--- a/examples/user_team_mgmt.py
+++ b/examples/user_team_mgmt.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
-# This example shows the different aspects of user/team management
+# This example shows the different aspects of user/team management.
 #
 
 import os
@@ -26,49 +26,64 @@
 team_name = sys.argv[2]
 user_name = sys.argv[3]
 
-print 'Trying to invite a user ', user_name
+print 'Trying to invite a user:', user_name
 res = sdclient.create_user_invite(user_name)
 if res[0] == False:
-    print 'User creation failed: ', res[1]
+    if res[1] == 'user ' + user_name + ' already exists':
+        print 'User creation failed because', user_name ,'already exists. Continuing.'
+    else:
+        print 'User creation failed:', res[1], '. Exiting.'
+        sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print 'User creation succeeded'
 
-print 'Now trying to create a team with name ', team_name
+# Possible failures on Team creation might include having reached the
+# max limit on Teams for this customer account or if the Team by that
+# name already exists. Since a previous successful run of this test
+# would have deleted the Team by the same name, and we need to be able
+# to configure Teams for this test to pass, we'll treat both types of
+# error as a genuine fail of the test.
+print 'Now trying to create a team with name:', team_name
 res = sdclient.create_team(team_name)
 if res[0] == False:
-    print 'Team creation failed: ', res[1]
+    print 'Team creation failed:', res[1], '. Exiting.'
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print 'Team creation succeeded.', res[1]
 
-print 'Now trying to find team with name ', team_name
+print 'Now trying to find team with name:', team_name
 res = sdclient.get_team(team_name)
 if res[0] == False:
-    print 'Could not get team info'
+    print 'Could not get team info:', res[1], '. Exiting.'
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print 'Team fetch succeeded'
 
-print 'Now trying to edit team ', team_name
+print 'Now trying to edit team:', team_name
 memberships = {
     'admin@draios.com': 'ROLE_TEAM_MANAGER',
     'john-doe@sysdig.com': 'ROLE_TEAM_READ'
 }
 res = sdclient.edit_team(team_name, description='Nextgen2', memberships=memberships)
 if res[0] == False:
-    print 'Could not edit team ', res[1]
+    print 'Could not edit team:', res[1], '. Exiting.'
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print 'Edited team to change description and add users'
 
-print 'Now trying to edit user ', user_name
+print 'Now trying to edit user:', user_name
 res = sdclient.edit_user(user_name, firstName='Just', lastName='Edited3', systemRole='ROLE_CUSTOMER')
 if res[0] == False:
-    print 'Could not edit user: ', res[1]
+    print 'Could not edit user:', res[1], '. Exiting.'
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print 'Edit user succeeded'
 
-print 'Now trying to delete the team ', team_name
+print 'Now trying to delete the team:', team_name
 res = sdclient.delete_team(team_name)
 if res[0] == False:
-    print 'Could not delete team: ', res[1]
+    print 'Could not delete team:', res[1], '. Exiting.'
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print 'Delete team succeeded'