diff --git a/internal/app/action_runs.go b/internal/app/action_runs.go
index 1c358d99..ac22bdec 100644
--- a/internal/app/action_runs.go
+++ b/internal/app/action_runs.go
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ $ tea run list --since 24h --json id,status,conclusion,workflow`,
 				opts.Workflow = workflow.ID
 			}
 			page, err := service.RunsPage(cmd.Context(), opts)
+			if errors.Is(err, services.ErrRunScanExhausted) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%w; narrow the search with --branch, --workflow or --status", err)
+			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/internal/app/api.go b/internal/app/api.go
index 17ed5a4a..e0c3e938 100644
--- a/internal/app/api.go
+++ b/internal/app/api.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (a *application) apiCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				response.tty = a.deps.Streams.OutTTY
 				response.color = response.tty && a.colorEnabled()
 			}
-			return (services.API{Client: target.client}).Visit(cmd.Context(), services.APIOptions{Endpoint: endpoint, Method: method, Body: body, Headers: headers, Paginate: paginate, MaxPages: maxPages}, func(r *http.Response) error {
+			err = (services.API{Client: target.client}).Visit(cmd.Context(), services.APIOptions{Endpoint: endpoint, Method: method, Body: body, Headers: headers, Paginate: paginate, MaxPages: maxPages}, func(r *http.Response) error {
 				if verbose {
 					if err := writeRequestHead(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), r.Request); err != nil {
 						return err
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ func (a *application) apiCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				}
 				return response.write(destination, r)
 			})
+			if errors.Is(err, services.ErrMaxPages) {
+				return errors.New("API pagination exceeded --max-pages")
+			}
+			return err
 		})
 	}}
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&method, "method", "X", "GET", "HTTP `method`")
diff --git a/internal/app/discussion_search.go b/internal/app/discussion_search.go
index 6c39d647..08487051 100644
--- a/internal/app/discussion_search.go
+++ b/internal/app/discussion_search.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ repository with --repo. Words of the query match titles and bodies.`, nouns), Ex
 		if opts.Team != "" && opts.Owner == "" {
 			return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("--team requires --owner"))
 		}
-		if opts.Team != "" && target.Repo != "" {
-			return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("--team requires instance-wide search; omit --repo or TEA_REPO"))
+		if (opts.Team != "" || opts.ReviewRequested || opts.Reviewed) && target.Repo != "" {
+			return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("--team, --review-requested and --reviewed require instance-wide search; omit --repo or TEA_REPO"))
 		}
 		opts.Author = target.expandMe(opts.Author)
 		if target.Repo != "" {
diff --git a/internal/app/labels.go b/internal/app/labels.go
index 650b5ea3..cb8e9453 100644
--- a/internal/app/labels.go
+++ b/internal/app/labels.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ $ tea label create bug -c ee0701 --force`, Args: usageArgs(cobra.MaximumNArgs(1)
 		}
 		item, updated, err := s.CreateUnique(cmd.Context(), existing, opts, force)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return forceHint(err)
 		}
 		return a.reportLabel(cmd, s, item, updated)
 	}}
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ func (a *application) askLabelDetails(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *services.LabelOp
 	return nil
 }
 
+// forceHint points at --force when a label exists already.
+func forceHint(err error) error {
+	if conflict, ok := errors.AsType[*services.ConflictError](err); ok && conflict.Reason == services.ReasonExists {
+		conflict.Hint = "pass --force to update it"
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // reportLabel reports a created or updated label as JSON or with a ✓ line.
 func (a *application) reportLabel(cmd *cobra.Command, s services.Labels, item services.Label, updated bool) error {
 	verb := "Created"
@@ -336,6 +344,7 @@ func (a *application) createLabels(cmd *cobra.Command, s services.Labels, rows [
 	outcome := map[string]string{}
 	results, failures := applyBatch(cmd, rows, func(row services.LabelOptions) string { return "label " + strconv.Quote(*row.Name) }, func(row services.LabelOptions) (services.Label, error) {
 		item, updated, err := s.CreateUnique(cmd.Context(), existing, row, force)
+		err = forceHint(err)
 		switch {
 		case err != nil:
 			return item, err
diff --git a/internal/services/action_runs.go b/internal/services/action_runs.go
index 4ec822a6..5897280c 100644
--- a/internal/services/action_runs.go
+++ b/internal/services/action_runs.go
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ type RunListOptions struct {
 // RunStatuses are the values Gitea accepts as run status filters.
 var RunStatuses = []string{"queued", "in_progress", "waiting", "requested", "pending", "action_required", "completed", "success", "failure", "cancelled", "skipped", "timed_out", "neutral"} //nolint:misspell // Gitea API spelling.
 
+// ErrRunScanExhausted reports time filters that matched too few of the runs a scan may read.
+var ErrRunScanExhausted = fmt.Errorf("time filters scanned %d runs without exhausting the history", maxRunScanPages*100)
+
 // Validate rejects unsupported status filters before performing API requests.
 func (o RunListOptions) Validate() error {
 	if o.Limit < 1 || o.Limit > 1000 || o.Page < 1 || o.Page > int(^uint(0)>>1)/o.Limit {
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ func (o RunListOptions) Validate() error {
 	}
 	for _, status := range o.Statuses {
 		if !slices.Contains(RunStatuses, status) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported run status %q; see tea run list --help", status)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported run status %q", status)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ func (s Actions) runs(ctx context.Context, opts RunListOptions) (Page[Run], erro
 			return Page[Run]{Items: result}, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return Page[Run]{}, fmt.Errorf("time filters scanned %d runs without exhausting the history; narrow the search with --branch, --workflow or --status", maxRunScanPages*100)
+	return Page[Run]{}, ErrRunScanExhausted
 }
 
 func (s Actions) runsPage(ctx context.Context, opts RunListOptions) (Page[Run], error) {
diff --git a/internal/services/actions_test.go b/internal/services/actions_test.go
index a1ff24b1..026bec51 100644
--- a/internal/services/actions_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/actions_test.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func TestRunTimeFilteringStopsAtScanCap(t *testing.T) {
 	defer server.Close()
 	service := Actions{Client: transport.New(server.URL, "", false), Repository: "owner/repo"}
 	_, err := service.Runs(context.Background(), RunListOptions{Limit: 1, Page: 1, Until: &until})
-	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "narrow the search")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrRunScanExhausted)
 	require.Equal(t, maxRunScanPages, pages)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/services/api.go b/internal/services/api.go
index cc2ef647..3f946d8d 100644
--- a/internal/services/api.go
+++ b/internal/services/api.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ type APIOptions struct {
 	MaxPages int
 }
 
+// ErrMaxPages reports a paginated request that has more pages than APIOptions.MaxPages allows.
+var ErrMaxPages = errors.New("API pagination exceeded the page limit")
+
 func nextPageLinks(headers []string) ([]string, error) {
 	result := []string{}
 	for _, header := range headers {
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ func (s API) Visit(ctx context.Context, options APIOptions, visit func(*http.Res
 			return nil
 		}
 		if page+1 >= options.MaxPages {
-			return errors.New("API pagination exceeded --max-pages")
+			return ErrMaxPages
 		}
 		if _, err := s.Client.URL(next); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/internal/services/label_selection.go b/internal/services/label_selection.go
index 6137f035..edc2c451 100644
--- a/internal/services/label_selection.go
+++ b/internal/services/label_selection.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (s Labels) CreateUnique(ctx context.Context, existing []Label, opts LabelOp
 		return Label{}, false, err
 	}
 	if !update {
-		return Label{}, false, &ConflictError{Reason: ReasonExists, Kind: "label", Key: strconv.Quote(current.Name), Scope: s.Scope(), Hint: "pass --force to update it"}
+		return Label{}, false, &ConflictError{Reason: ReasonExists, Kind: "label", Key: strconv.Quote(current.Name), Scope: s.Scope()}
 	}
 	opts.Name = nil
 	label, err := s.Edit(ctx, current.ID, opts)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func selectLabelNames(scope string, names []string, matches map[string][]int64)
 	for _, name := range names {
 		candidates := matches[name]
 		if len(candidates) == 0 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("label %q does not exist; use tea label list", name)
+			return nil, NotFound("label", strconv.Quote(name), scope)
 		}
 		if len(candidates) > 1 {
 			return nil, &AmbiguousError{Kind: "label", Key: strconv.Quote(name), Scope: scope, IDs: candidates}
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (s Labels) RequireFilterNames(ctx context.Context, names []string) error {
 	}
 	for _, name := range names {
 		if !known[name] {
-			return fmt.Errorf("label %q does not exist in %s; issue filters match repository labels only, see tea label list", name, s.Repository)
+			return fmt.Errorf("label %q does not exist in %s; issue filters match repository labels only", name, s.Repository)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/services/label_selection_test.go b/internal/services/label_selection_test.go
index 2cc58647..9f876e86 100644
--- a/internal/services/label_selection_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/label_selection_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestLabelSelectionReadsCappedPagesAndPreservesOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, []int64{2, 1}, ids)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, reads)
 	_, err = service.ResolveIssueNames(context.Background(), []string{"missing"})
-	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "does not exist")
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "not found")
 	before := reads
 	_, err = service.ResolveIssueNames(context.Background(), []string{" "})
 	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "cannot be empty")
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ func TestScopedLabelNamesDoNotCollideWithLiteralPrefixes(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, []int64{1, 2, 3}, ids)
 	_, err = service.ResolveIssueNames(context.Background(), []string{"org:bug"})
-	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "does not exist")
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "not found")
 }
diff --git a/internal/services/search.go b/internal/services/search.go
index 3e6a4a67..760ffcab 100644
--- a/internal/services/search.go
+++ b/internal/services/search.go
@@ -75,11 +75,8 @@ func (s Issues) SearchPage(ctx context.Context, opts DiscussionSearchOptions) (P
 }
 
 func (s Issues) searchRepository(ctx context.Context, opts DiscussionSearchOptions, kind gitea.IssueType) (Page[*gitea.Issue], error) {
-	if opts.ReviewRequested || opts.Reviewed {
-		return Page[*gitea.Issue]{}, &CapabilityError{Feature: "repository-scoped review search", Reason: "Gitea supports review filters on instance-wide search only; omit --repo or TEA_REPO"}
-	}
-	if opts.Team != "" {
-		return Page[*gitea.Issue]{}, &CapabilityError{Feature: "repository-scoped team search", Reason: "Gitea supports team filters on instance-wide search only; omit --repo or TEA_REPO"}
+	if opts.ReviewRequested || opts.Reviewed || opts.Team != "" {
+		return Page[*gitea.Issue]{}, &CapabilityError{Feature: "repository-scoped review or team search", Reason: "Gitea supports review and team filters on instance-wide search only"}
 	}
 	owner, repo, err := splitRepository(s.Repository)
 	if err != nil {