diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index e56f53a02d..bcdd64187b 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ data-url.workspace = true
 dissimilar = "=1.0.4"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 dprint-plugin-json = "=0.19.1"
+dprint-plugin-jupyter = "=0.1.1"
 dprint-plugin-markdown = "=0.16.3"
 dprint-plugin-typescript = "=0.88.5"
-dprint-plugin-jupyter = "=0.1.1"
 encoding_rs.workspace = true
 env_logger = "=0.10.0"
 fancy-regex = "=0.10.0"
diff --git a/tools/format.js b/tools/format.js
index aff07702b7..98da6662b2 100755
--- a/tools/format.js
+++ b/tools/format.js
@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@ const cmd = new Deno.Command("deno", {
     "--config=" + configFile,
   ],
   cwd: ROOT_PATH,
-  stdout: "inherit",
+  stdout: "piped",
   stderr: "inherit",
 });
 
-const { code } = await cmd.output();
-Deno.exit(code);
+const { code, stdout } = await cmd.output();
+// todo(dsherret): temporary until https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/21359 gets released.
+// Once it's released, just have stdout be inherited above and do `Deno.exit(code)` here.
+const stdoutText = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout);
+console.log(stdoutText);
+if (stdoutText.length > 0) {
+  Deno.exit(20);
+} else {
+  Deno.exit(code);
+}