diff --git a/reviewtally/queries/get_prs.py b/reviewtally/queries/get_prs.py
index 5ffeb5d..4e9692b 100644
--- a/reviewtally/queries/get_prs.py
+++ b/reviewtally/queries/get_prs.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 GITHUB_SEARCH_LIMIT = 1000
 RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING_THRESHOLD = 10  # arbitrary threshold
 RATE_LIMIT_SLEEP_SECONDS = 60  # seconds to sleep if rate limit is hit
+HTTP_BAD_REQUEST = 400
+HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR = 500
 
 
 def backoff_if_ratelimited(headers: Mapping[str, str]) -> None:
@@ -70,6 +72,16 @@ def _backoff_delay(attempt: int) -> None:
     time.sleep(delay + jitter)
 
 
+def _print_4xx_error_message(response: requests.Response) -> None:
+    if HTTP_BAD_REQUEST <= response.status_code < HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR:
+        try:
+            data = response.json()
+            if isinstance(data, dict) and "message" in data:
+                print(data["message"])  # noqa: T201
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+
 def _make_pr_request_with_retry(
     url: str,
     headers: dict[str, str],
@@ -99,6 +111,7 @@ def _make_pr_request_with_retry(
 
             # Handle rate limiting (existing logic)
             backoff_if_ratelimited(response.headers)
+            _print_4xx_error_message(response)
             try:
                 response.raise_for_status()
             except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
diff --git a/tests/test_get_prs.py b/tests/test_get_prs.py
index dcec1e0..630a681 100644
--- a/tests/test_get_prs.py
+++ b/tests/test_get_prs.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
+import requests
+
 from reviewtally.exceptions.local_exceptions import (
     PaginationError,
     SearchLimitReachedError,
@@ -215,6 +217,102 @@ def test_fetch_uses_configured_host(self, mock_get) -> None:  # noqa: ANN001
         called_url = mock_get.call_args.args[0]
         self.assertEqual(called_url, expected_url)
 
+    @patch("requests.get")
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_TOKEN": "test-token"})
+    @patch("builtins.print")
+    def test_422_response_prints_message(
+        self,
+        mock_print: Mock,
+        mock_get: Mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 422
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"message": "Validation Failed"}
+        mock_response.raise_for_status.side_effect = (
+            requests.exceptions.HTTPError(response=mock_response)
+        )
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+        owner = "test_owner"
+        repo = "test_repo"
+        start_date = datetime(2023, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        end_date = datetime(2023, 1, 2, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
+            get_pull_requests_between_dates(
+                owner,
+                repo,
+                start_date,
+                end_date,
+            )
+
+        mock_print.assert_called_once_with("Validation Failed")
+
+    @patch("requests.get")
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_TOKEN": "test-token"})
+    @patch("builtins.print")
+    def test_404_response_no_message(
+        self,
+        mock_print: Mock,
+        mock_get: Mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 404
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {}
+        mock_response.raise_for_status.side_effect = (
+            requests.exceptions.HTTPError(response=mock_response)
+        )
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+        owner = "test_owner"
+        repo = "test_repo"
+        start_date = datetime(2023, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        end_date = datetime(2023, 1, 2, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
+            get_pull_requests_between_dates(
+                owner,
+                repo,
+                start_date,
+                end_date,
+            )
+
+        mock_print.assert_not_called()
+
+    @patch("requests.get")
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_TOKEN": "test-token"})
+    @patch("builtins.print")
+    def test_400_response_invalid_json(
+        self,
+        mock_print: Mock,
+        mock_get: Mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 400
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_response.json.side_effect = ValueError("Invalid JSON")
+        mock_response.raise_for_status.side_effect = (
+            requests.exceptions.HTTPError(response=mock_response)
+        )
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+        owner = "test_owner"
+        repo = "test_repo"
+        start_date = datetime(2023, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        end_date = datetime(2023, 1, 2, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(requests.exceptions.HTTPError):
+            get_pull_requests_between_dates(
+                owner,
+                repo,
+                start_date,
+                end_date,
+            )
+
+        mock_print.assert_not_called()
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()