diff --git a/crates/squawk/src/main.rs b/crates/squawk/src/main.rs
index cbe8a9ee..4e9e3940 100644
--- a/crates/squawk/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/squawk/src/main.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ struct Opt {
         global = true
     )]
     no_assume_in_transaction: bool,
+    /// Do not exit with an error when provided path patterns do not match any files
+    #[structopt(long = "no-error-on-unmatched-pattern", global = true)]
+    no_error_on_unmatched_pattern: bool,
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
@@ -213,10 +216,17 @@ Please open an issue at https://github.com/sbdchd/squawk/issues/new with the log
         conf.assume_in_transaction.unwrap_or_default()
     };
 
+    let no_error_on_unmatched_pattern = if opts.no_error_on_unmatched_pattern {
+        opts.no_error_on_unmatched_pattern
+    } else {
+        false
+    };
+
     info!("pg version: {pg_version:?}");
     info!("excluded rules: {:?}", &excluded_rules);
     info!("excluded paths: {:?}", &excluded_paths);
     info!("assume in a transaction: {assume_in_transaction:?}");
+    info!("no error on unmatched pattern: {no_error_on_unmatched_pattern:?}");
 
     let mut clap_app = Opt::clap();
     let is_stdin = !io::stdin().is_terminal();
@@ -251,7 +261,9 @@ Please open an issue at https://github.com/sbdchd/squawk/issues/new with the log
                     "Failed to find files for provided patterns: {:?}",
                     opts.path_patterns
                 );
-                process::exit(1);
+                if !no_error_on_unmatched_pattern {
+                    process::exit(1);
+                }
             }
             if !found_paths.is_empty() || is_stdin {
                 let stdout = io::stdout();
@@ -275,7 +287,7 @@ Please open an issue at https://github.com/sbdchd/squawk/issues/new with the log
                     )?;
                     return Ok(exit_code);
                 }
-            } else {
+            } else if !no_error_on_unmatched_pattern {
                 clap_app.print_long_help()?;
                 println!();
             }
diff --git a/docs/docs/cli.md b/docs/docs/cli.md
index 66846446..208e1af4 100644
--- a/docs/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/docs/cli.md
@@ -130,49 +130,60 @@ USAGE:
     squawk [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [path]... [SUBCOMMAND]
 
 FLAGS:
-        --assume-in-transaction
+        --assume-in-transaction            
             Assume that a transaction will wrap each SQL file when run by a migration tool
-
+            
             Use --no-assume-in-transaction to override any config file that sets this
-    -h, --help
+    -h, --help                             
             Prints help information
 
-    -V, --version
+        --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern    
+            Do not exit with an error when provided path patterns do not match any files
+
+    -V, --version                          
             Prints version information
 
-        --verbose
+        --verbose                          
             Enable debug logging output
 
 
 OPTIONS:
-    -c, --config <config-path>
+    -c, --config <config-path>               
             Path to the squawk config file (.squawk.toml)
 
-        --debug <format>
-            Output debug format [possible values: Lex, Parsed]
-
-    -e, --exclude <rule>...
+        --debug <format>                     
+            Output debug format [possible values: Lex, Parse, Ast]
+
+        --exclude-path <excluded-path>...    
+            Paths to exclude
+            
+            For example:
+            
+            `--exclude-path=005_user_ids.sql --exclude-path=009_account_emails.sql`
+            
+            `--exclude-path='*user_ids.sql'`
+    -e, --exclude <rule>...                  
             Exclude specific warnings
-
+            
             For example: --exclude=require-concurrent-index-creation,ban-drop-database
-
-        --pg-version <pg-version>
+        --pg-version <pg-version>            
             Specify postgres version
-
+            
             For example: --pg-version=13.0
-        --reporter <reporter>
-            Style of error reporting [possible values: Tty, Gcc, Json]
+        --reporter <reporter>                
+            Style of error reporting [possible values: Tty, Gcc, Json, Gitlab]
 
-        --stdin-filepath <filepath>
+        --stdin-filepath <filepath>          
             Path to use in reporting for stdin
 
 
 ARGS:
-    <path>...
-            Paths to search
+    <path>...    
+            Paths or patterns to search
 
 
 SUBCOMMANDS:
     help                Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
+    server              Run the language server
     upload-to-github    Comment on a PR with Squawk's results
 ```