diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
index 59603981d..2c4ebfd44 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ func statusRun(opts *StatusOptions) error {
 	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
 
 	var failed bool
+	var isHostnameFound bool
 
 	for _, hostname := range hostnames {
 		if opts.Hostname != "" && opts.Hostname != hostname {
 			continue
 		}
+		isHostnameFound = true
 
 		token, tokenSource, _ := cfg.GetWithSource(hostname, "oauth_token")
 		tokenIsWriteable := cfg.CheckWriteable(hostname, "oauth_token") == nil
@@ -139,6 +141,12 @@ func statusRun(opts *StatusOptions) error {
 		// not to since I wanted this command to be read-only.
 	}
 
+	if !isHostnameFound {
+		fmt.Fprintf(stderr,
+			"Hostname %q not found among authenticated GitHub hosts\n", opts.Hostname)
+		return cmdutil.SilentError
+	}
+
 	for _, hostname := range hostnames {
 		lines, ok := statusInfo[hostname]
 		if !ok {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go
index 4eb37bd36..e917f621c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@ func Test_statusRun(t *testing.T) {
 					httpmock.StringResponse(`{"data":{"viewer":{"login":"tess"}}}`))
 			},
 			wantErrOut: regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)Token: xyz456.*Token: abc123`),
+		}, {
+			name: "missing hostname",
+			opts: &StatusOptions{
+				Hostname: "github.example.com",
+			},
+			cfg: func(c config.Config) {
+				_ = c.Set("github.com", "oauth_token", "abc123")
+			},
+			httpStubs:  func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {},
+			wantErrOut: regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)Hostname "github.example.com" not found among authenticated GitHub hosts`),
+			wantErr:    "SilentError",
 		},
 	}