diff --git a/lib/tasks/litestream_tasks.rake b/lib/tasks/litestream_tasks.rake
index 8b2316d..edeffe1 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/litestream_tasks.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/litestream_tasks.rake
@@ -93,23 +93,53 @@ namespace :litestream do
     options.symbolize_keys!
 
     result = Litestream::Commands.verify(database, async: true, **options)
-
-    puts <<~TXT if result
-
-      tables
-        original          #{result["original"]["tables"]}
-        restored          #{result["restored"]["tables"]}
-        delta             #{result["original"]["tables"] - result["restored"]["tables"]}
-
-      indexes
-        original          #{result["original"]["indexes"]}
-        restored          #{result["restored"]["indexes"]}
-        delta             #{result["original"]["indexes"] - result["restored"]["indexes"]}
-
-      rows
-        original          #{result["original"]["rows"]}
-        restored          #{result["restored"]["rows"]}
-        delta             #{result["original"]["rows"] - result["restored"]["rows"]}
-    TXT
+    original_tables = result["original"]["tables"]
+    restored_tables = result["restored"]["tables"]
+    original_indexes = result["original"]["indexes"]
+    restored_indexes = result["restored"]["indexes"]
+    original_rows = result["original"]["rows"]
+    restored_rows = result["restored"]["rows"]
+
+    same_number_of_tables = original_tables == restored_tables
+    same_number_of_indexes = original_indexes == restored_indexes
+    same_number_of_rows = original_rows == restored_rows
+
+    if same_number_of_tables && same_number_of_indexes && same_number_of_rows
+      puts "Backup for `#{database}` verified as consistent!\n" + [
+        "  tables   #{original_tables}",
+        "  indexes  #{original_indexes}",
+        "  rows     #{original_rows}"
+      ].compact.join("\n")
+    else
+      abort "Verification failed for #{database}:\n" + [
+        (unless same_number_of_tables
+           if original_tables > restored_tables
+             diff = original_tables - restored_tables
+             "  Backup is missing #{diff} table#{"s" if diff > 1}"
+           else
+             diff = restored_tables - original_tables
+             "  Backup has extra #{diff} table#{"s" if diff > 1}"
+           end
+         end),
+        (unless same_number_of_indexes
+           if original_indexes > restored_indexes
+             diff = original_indexes - restored_indexes
+             "  Backup is missing #{diff} index#{"es" if diff > 1}"
+           else
+             diff = restored_indexes - original_indexes
+             "  Backup has extra #{diff} index#{"es" if diff > 1}"
+           end
+         end),
+        (unless same_number_of_rows
+           if original_rows > restored_rows
+             diff = original_rows - restored_rows
+             "  Backup is missing #{diff} row#{"s" if diff > 1}"
+           else
+             diff = restored_rows - original_rows
+             "  Backup has extra #{diff} row#{"s" if diff > 1}"
+           end
+         end)
+      ].compact.join("\n")
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/tasks/test_litestream_tasks.rb b/test/tasks/test_litestream_tasks.rb
index a21832f..02af4ee 100644
--- a/test/tasks/test_litestream_tasks.rb
+++ b/test/tasks/test_litestream_tasks.rb
@@ -219,74 +219,67 @@ def test_snapshots_task_with_arguments_without_separator
   end
 
   class TestVerifyTask < TestLitestreamTasks
-    def test_verify_task_with_only_database_using_single_dash
+    def test_verify_task_with_only_database_using_single_dash_failing
       ARGV.replace ["--", "-database=db/test.sqlite3"]
       fake = Minitest::Mock.new
-      out = nil
-      fake.expect :call, {"original" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 2}, "restored" => {"tables" => 1, "indexes" => 1, "rows" => 1}}, ["db/test.sqlite3"], async: true
+      fake.expect :call,
+        {"original" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 4, "rows" => 6}, "restored" => {"tables" => 1, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 3}},
+        ["db/test.sqlite3"],
+        async: true
 
       Litestream::Commands.stub :verify, fake do
-        out, _err = capture_io do
-          Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify"
+        error = assert_raises SystemExit do
+          capture_io { Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify" }
         end
+        assert_match("Verification failed for db/test.sqlite3", error.message)
+        assert_match("Backup is missing 1 table", error.message)
+        assert_match("Backup is missing 2 indexes", error.message)
+        assert_match("Backup is missing 3 rows", error.message)
       end
 
       fake.verify
-      assert_match(/tables\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-      assert_match(/indexes\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-      assert_match(/rows\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
     end
 
-    def test_verify_task_with_only_database_using_double_dash
+    def test_verify_task_with_only_database_using_double_dash_failing
       ARGV.replace ["--", "--database=db/test.sqlite3"]
       fake = Minitest::Mock.new
-      out = nil
-      fake.expect :call, {"original" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 2}, "restored" => {"tables" => 1, "indexes" => 1, "rows" => 1}}, ["db/test.sqlite3"], async: true
+      fake.expect :call,
+        {"original" => {"tables" => 1, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 3}, "restored" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 4, "rows" => 6}},
+        ["db/test.sqlite3"],
+        async: true
 
       Litestream::Commands.stub :verify, fake do
-        out, _err = capture_io do
-          Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify"
+        error = assert_raises SystemExit do
+          capture_io { Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify" }
         end
+        assert_match("Verification failed for db/test.sqlite3", error.message)
+        assert_match("Backup has extra 1 table", error.message)
+        assert_match("Backup has extra 2 indexes", error.message)
+        assert_match("Backup has extra 3 rows", error.message)
       end
 
       fake.verify
-      assert_match(/tables\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-      assert_match(/indexes\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-      assert_match(/rows\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
     end
 
-    def test_verify_task_with_arguments
+    def test_verify_task_with_arguments_succeeding
       ARGV.replace ["--", "-database=db/test.sqlite3", "--if-db-not-exists"]
       fake = Minitest::Mock.new
       out = nil
-      fake.expect :call, {"original" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 2}, "restored" => {"tables" => 1, "indexes" => 1, "rows" => 1}}, ["db/test.sqlite3"], async: true, "--if-db-not-exists": nil
-
-      Litestream::Commands.stub :verify, fake do
-        out, _err = capture_io do
-          Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify"
-        end
-      end
-
-      fake.verify
-      assert_match(/tables\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-      assert_match(/indexes\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-      assert_match(/rows\s+original\s+2\s+restored\s+1/, out)
-    end
-
-    def test_verify_task_with_arguments_without_separator
-      ARGV.replace ["-database=db/test.sqlite3"]
-      fake = Minitest::Mock.new
-      out = nil
-      fake.expect :call, nil, [nil], async: true
+      fake.expect :call,
+        {"original" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 2}, "restored" => {"tables" => 2, "indexes" => 2, "rows" => 2}},
+        ["db/test.sqlite3"],
+        async: true,
+        "--if-db-not-exists": nil
 
       Litestream::Commands.stub :verify, fake do
-        out, _err = capture_io do
-          Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify"
-        end
+        out, _err = capture_io { Rake.application.invoke_task "litestream:verify" }
+        assert_match("Backup for `db/test.sqlite3` verified as consistent!", out)
+        assert_match("tables   2", out)
+        assert_match("indexes  2", out)
+        assert_match("rows     2", out)
       end
 
       fake.verify
-      assert_equal "", out
     end
   end
 end