diff --git a/commands/help/help.go b/commands/help/help.go
index 541fb0ef96e3891397490dd6509a80aa77e47223..8a17105d9575d0317e49dc5711bbf9ea7ba1bd6f 100644
--- a/commands/help/help.go
+++ b/commands/help/help.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func nestedSuggestFunc(command *cobra.Command, arg string) {
 	}
 
 	command.Print("\n")
+	// this funtion does not return any errors
 	_ = RootUsageFunc(command)
 }
 
diff --git a/commands/mr/create/mr_create.go b/commands/mr/create/mr_create.go
index 45b059fcef63e28663fbd1e808552eba509cecd5..0c145f05f4e6182bd16bb712e5260e0311bf46ff 100644
--- a/commands/mr/create/mr_create.go
+++ b/commands/mr/create/mr_create.go
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f *cmdutils.Factory, runE func(opts *CreateOpts) error) *cobra
 				repoOverride = repoFromEnv
 			}
 			if repoOverride != "" {
-				_ = headRepoOverride(opts, repoOverride)
+				err := headRepoOverride(opts, repoOverride)
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(opts.IO.StdErr, "Could not create recovery file: %v", err)
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {