diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 099c580188..5ab20dc245 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ The "visit" life cycle hook will be removed in Ktlint 0.48. In KtLint 0.47 the "
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Print an error message and return with non-zero exit code when no files are found that match with the globs ([#629](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issue/629)).
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [0.46.1] - 2022-06-21
diff --git a/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/FileUtils.kt b/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/FileUtils.kt
index 65d10b0e0c..0c9ffacb76 100644
--- a/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/FileUtils.kt
+++ b/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/FileUtils.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ private val tildeRegex = Regex("^(!)?~")
 private val os = System.getProperty("os.name")
 private val userHome = System.getProperty("user.home")
 
-private val defaultPatterns = setOf(
+internal val defaultPatterns = setOf(
     "**$globSeparator*.kt",
     "**$globSeparator*.kts"
 )
diff --git a/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt b/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt
index 63a97a25d8..f18f30b6e2 100644
--- a/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt
+++ b/ktlint/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/internal/KtlintCommandLine.kt
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ internal class KtlintCommandLine {
 
         failOnOldRulesetProviderUsage()
 
+        // Set default value to patterns only after the logger has been configured to avoid a warning about initializing
+        // the logger multiple times
+        if (patterns.isEmpty()) {
+            logger.info { "Enable default patterns $defaultPatterns" }
+            patterns = ArrayList(defaultPatterns)
+        }
+
         val start = System.currentTimeMillis()
 
         val baselineResults = loadBaseline(baseline)
@@ -242,6 +249,10 @@ internal class KtlintCommandLine {
             )
         }
         reporter.afterAll()
+        if (fileNumber.get() == 0) {
+            logger.error { "No files matched $patterns" }
+            exitProcess(1)
+        }
         logger.debug { "${System.currentTimeMillis() - start}ms / $fileNumber file(s) / $errorNumber error(s)" }
         if (tripped.get()) {
             exitProcess(1)
@@ -281,8 +292,7 @@ internal class KtlintCommandLine {
                         ruleSets
                     )
                 }
-            }
-            .parallel({ (file, errList) -> report(file.location(relative), errList, reporter) })
+            }.parallel({ (file, errList) -> report(file.location(relative), errList, reporter) })
     }
 
     private fun lintStdin(
diff --git a/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt b/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt
index eadf750e77..d7be6368d9 100644
--- a/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt
+++ b/ktlint/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/SimpleCLITest.kt
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ class SimpleCLITest : BaseCLITest() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `Given some code with an error but a glob which does not select the file`() {
+        runKtLintCliProcess(
+            "too-many-empty-lines",
+            listOf("SomeOtherFile.kt")
+        ) {
+            assertErrorExitCode()
+
+            assert(normalOutput.find { it.contains("No files matched [SomeOtherFile.kt]") } != null) {
+                "Unexpected output:\n${normalOutput.joinToString(separator = "\n")}"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `Given some code with an error which can be autocorrected then return from from with the normal exit code`() {
         runKtLintCliProcess(
@@ -78,14 +92,17 @@ class SimpleCLITest : BaseCLITest() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `Given some code with an error for a rule which is disabled via CLI argument --disabled_rules then return from lint with the normal exit code and without error output`() {
+    fun `Given some code which only contains errors for rules which are disabled via CLI argument --disabled_rules then return from lint with the normal exit code and without error output`() {
         runKtLintCliProcess(
             "too-many-empty-lines",
-            listOf("disabled_rules=no-consecutive-blank-lines")
+            listOf("--disabled_rules=no-consecutive-blank-lines,no-empty-first-line-in-method-block")
         ) {
             assertNormalExitCode()
 
-            assertThat(normalOutput).doesNotContain("Needless blank line(s)")
+            assertThat(normalOutput).doesNotContain(
+                "no-consecutive-blank-lines",
+                "no-empty-first-line-in-method-block"
+            )
         }
     }
 }