4 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_400.txt b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_400.txt
index 4083941..4b910f5 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_400.txt
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_400.txt
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ link   : </softlink_group2> and </softlink_group2>
 group  : </target_group> and </target_group>
 0 differences found
 0 differences found
-error: "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
-error: unable to get softlink info from "/softlink_noexist"
+warn: link target "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
+warn: link target "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
+link   : </softlink_noexist> and </softlink_noexist>
+Comparison not supported: </no_obj> and </no_obj> are of type unknown type
+0 differences found
 dataset: </target_dset1> and </target_dset1>
 0 differences found
 dataset: </target_dset2> and </target_dset2>
@@ -45,3 +48,7 @@ group  : </target_group> and </target_group>
 0 differences found
 dataset: </target_group/dset> and </target_group/dset>
 0 differences found
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects.
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_417.txt b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_417.txt
index 73d529d..56031e9 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_417.txt
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_417.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-error: "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
-error: unable to get softlink info from "/softlink_noexist"
+warn: link target "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
+</no_obj> is of type unknown type and </target_dset2> is of type H5G_DATASET
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects.
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_418.txt b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_418.txt
index 73d529d..0222174 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_418.txt
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_418.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-error: "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
-error: unable to get softlink info from "/softlink_noexist"
+warn: link target "/no_obj" doesn't exist 
+</target_dset2> is of type H5G_DATASET and </no_obj> is of type unknown type
+--------------------------------
+Some objects are not comparable
+--------------------------------
+Use -c for a list of objects.
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5diff.c b/tools/lib/h5diff.c
index 1615b8c..4b7b796 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5diff.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5diff.c
@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ static int H5tools_get_softlink_target_info(hid_t file_id, const char * linkpath
     }
     else
     {
-        parallel_print("error: \"%s\" doesn't exist \n", s_trg_info->path);
-        goto out;
+        parallel_print("warn: link target \"%s\" doesn't exist \n", s_trg_info->path);
     }
 
     /* set target obj type to return */