diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index e52b71331..9acf01951 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ based on templates offering massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 	set.StringVarP(&options.ReportingConfig, "report-config", "rc", "", "Nuclei Reporting Module configuration file")
 	set.StringVarP(&options.ReportingDB, "report-db", "rdb", "", "Local Nuclei Reporting Database")
 	set.StringSliceVar(&options.Tags, "tags", []string{}, "Tags to execute templates for")
-	set.StringSliceVar(&options.ExcludeTags, "exclude-tags", []string{}, "Exclude templates with the provided tags")
+	set.StringSliceVarP(&options.ExcludeTags, "exclude-tags", "etags", []string{}, "Exclude templates with the provided tags")
 	set.StringVarP(&options.ResolversFile, "resolvers", "r", "", "File containing resolver list for nuclei")
 	set.BoolVar(&options.Headless, "headless", false, "Enable headless browser based templates support")
 	set.BoolVar(&options.ShowBrowser, "show-browser", false, "Show the browser on the screen")
diff --git a/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go b/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go
index 1dbfabc56..4cad174bc 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/templates/compile.go
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ func Parse(filePath string, options protocols.ExecuterOptions) (*Template, error
 	matchWithTags := false
 	if len(options.Options.Tags) > 0 {
 		if err := matchTemplateWithTags(types.ToString(templateTags), types.ToString(template.Info["severity"]), options.Options.Tags); err != nil {
-			return nil, nil
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("tags filter not matched %s", templateTags)
 		}
 		matchWithTags = true
 	}
 	if len(options.Options.ExcludeTags) > 0 && !matchWithTags {
 		if err := matchTemplateWithTags(types.ToString(templateTags), types.ToString(template.Info["severity"]), options.Options.ExcludeTags); err == nil {
-			return nil, nil
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("exclude-tags filter matched %s", templateTags)
 		}
 	}