diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 88abc1f..a1726fb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func realMain() int {
 	flag.IntVar(&nWorkers, "workers", 4, "number of routines to run in parallel")
 	flag.StringVar(&k8sVersion, "k8sversion", "1.18.0", "version of Kubernetes to test against")
 	flag.StringVar(&skipKinds, "skipKinds", "", "comma-separated list of kinds to ignore")
-	flag.BoolVar(&strict, "strict", false, "activate strict mode")
+	flag.BoolVar(&strict, "strict", true, "activate strict mode")
 	flag.StringVar(&outputFormat, "output", "text", "output format - text, json")
 	flag.BoolVar(&quiet, "quiet", false, "quiet output - only print invalid files, and errors")
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/pkg/output/main.go b/pkg/output/main.go
index 0f137d4..e23bbfe 100644
--- a/pkg/output/main.go
+++ b/pkg/output/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package output
 
-import "github.com/yannh/kubeconform/pkg/validator"
+import (
+	"github.com/yannh/kubeconform/pkg/validator"
+)
 
 const (
 	VALID   = iota
@@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ type Output interface {
 }
 
 func status(err error, skipped bool) int {
+	if skipped {
+		return SKIPPED
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		if _, ok := err.(validator.InvalidResourceError); ok {
 			return INVALID
@@ -23,9 +29,5 @@ func status(err error, skipped bool) int {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if skipped {
-		return SKIPPED
-	}
-
 	return VALID
 }
diff --git a/pkg/output/text.go b/pkg/output/text.go
index a1a0a7f..47af997 100644
--- a/pkg/output/text.go
+++ b/pkg/output/text.go
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ func (o *TextOutput) Write(filename string, err error, skipped bool) {
 	switch {
 	case s == VALID:
 		if !o.quiet {
-			fmt.Printf("file %s is valid\n", filename)
+			fmt.Printf("%s - file is valid\n", filename)
 		}
 		o.nValid++
 	case s == INVALID:
-		fmt.Printf("invalid resource: %s\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("%s - invalid resource: %s\n",filename, err)
 		o.nInvalid++
 	case s == ERROR:
-		fmt.Printf("failed validating resource in file %s: %s\n", filename, err)
+		fmt.Printf("%s - failed validating resource: %s\n", filename, err)
 		o.nErrors++
 	case s == SKIPPED:
 		if !o.quiet {
-			fmt.Printf("skipping resource\n")
+			fmt.Printf("%s - skipping resource\n", filename)
 		}
 		o.nSkipped++
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/validator/main.go b/pkg/validator/main.go
index 480ae15..b79aa31 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/main.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/main.go
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ func Validate(rawResource []byte, schema *gojsonschema.Schema) error {
 	}
 
 	if !results.Valid() {
-		return InvalidResourceError{err: fmt.Sprintf("resource does not conform to schema: %+v", results)}
+		msg := ""
+		for _, errMsg := range results.Errors() {
+			if msg != "" {
+				msg += " - "
+			}
+			msg	+= errMsg.Description()
+		}
+		return InvalidResourceError{err: msg}
 	}
 
 	return nil