diff --git a/packages/configtest/src/index.ts b/packages/configtest/src/index.ts
index cd5a318327f..4fc6bc5f068 100644
--- a/packages/configtest/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/configtest/src/index.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@ class ConfigTestCommand {
                 pkg: '@webpack-cli/configtest',
             },
             [],
-            async (configPath, program) => {
-                if (program.args.length > 1) {
-                    logger.error('Only one configuration can be validated at a time.');
-                    process.exit(2);
-                }
-
+            async (configPath: string) => {
                 const { options } = await cli.resolveConfig({ config: [configPath] });
 
                 //eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -26,6 +21,7 @@ class ConfigTestCommand {
 
                 if (validationErrors) {
                     logger.error(validationErrors);
+                    process.exit(2);
                 }
 
                 logger.success('There are no validation errors in the given webpack configuration.');
diff --git a/test/configtest/configtest.test.js b/test/configtest/configtest.test.js
index 05b9fa4fc98..0831bc2a39a 100644
--- a/test/configtest/configtest.test.js
+++ b/test/configtest/configtest.test.js
@@ -29,11 +29,19 @@ describe('basic info usage', () => {
         expect(stdout).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
-    it('should throw error when multiple configurations are provided simultaneously', () => {
-        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['configtest', './error.config.js', './webpack.config.js'], false);
+    it('should throw error if configuration does not exist', () => {
+        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['configtest', './a.js'], false);
 
         expect(exitCode).toBe(2);
-        expect(stderr).toContain('Only one configuration can be validated at a time');
+        expect(stderr).toContain(`The specified config file doesn't exist`);
+        expect(stdout).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error if no configuration was provided', () => {
+        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['configtest'], false);
+
+        expect(exitCode).toBe(2);
+        expect(stderr).toContain(`error: missing required argument 'config-path'`);
         expect(stdout).toBeFalsy();
     });
 });