diff --git a/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.test.tsx b/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.test.tsx
index 5f1f795fb2..eb419be4ff 100644
--- a/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.test.tsx
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ const CategoryComponent = ({id}: {id: string}): ReactElement => {
         </div>
     )
 }
+
+const IncorrectArguments = (): ReactElement => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const {isLoading, error} = useProducts({FOO: ''})
+
+    return (
+        <div>
+            {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}
+            {error && <span>error</span>}
+        </div>
+    )
+}
+
 const tests = [
     {
         hook: 'useProducts',
@@ -117,6 +130,15 @@ const tests = [
                     expect(screen.getByText('error')).toBeInTheDocument()
                     expect(screen.queryByText('Loading...')).toBeNull()
                 })
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'returns validation error',
+                assertions: async () => {
+                    renderWithProviders(<IncorrectArguments />)
+                    await waitFor(() => screen.getByText('error'))
+                    expect(screen.getByText('error')).toBeInTheDocument()
+                    expect(screen.queryByText('Loading...')).toBeNull()
+                }
             }
         ]
     },
diff --git a/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.ts b/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.ts
index a16a4a8392..0f39c51256 100644
--- a/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.ts
+++ b/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/hooks/ShopperProducts/query.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ function useProducts(
     arg: UseProductsArg,
     options?: UseQueryOptions<DataType<Client['getProducts']> | Response, Error>
 ) {
-    if (!arg.ids) {
-        throw new Error('ids is required for useProducts')
-    }
     const {headers, rawResponse, ...parameters} = arg
     return useAsync(
         ['products', arg],
@@ -67,9 +64,6 @@ function useProduct(
     arg: UseProductArg,
     options?: UseQueryOptions<DataType<Client['getProduct']> | Response, Error>
 ): UseQueryResult<DataType<Client['getProduct']> | Response, Error> {
-    if (!arg.id) {
-        throw new Error('id is required for useProduct.')
-    }
     const {headers, rawResponse, ...parameters} = arg
     return useAsync(
         ['product', arg],
@@ -105,9 +99,6 @@ function useCategories(
     arg: UseCategoriesArg,
     options?: UseQueryOptions<DataType<Client['getCategories']> | Response, Error>
 ): UseQueryResult<DataType<Client['getCategories']> | Response, Error> {
-    if (!arg.ids) {
-        throw new Error('ids is required for useCategories')
-    }
     const {headers, rawResponse, ...parameters} = arg
     return useAsync(
         ['categories', arg],
diff --git a/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/test-utils.tsx b/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/test-utils.tsx
index b2ce91ca52..10e68f3d25 100644
--- a/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/test-utils.tsx
+++ b/packages/commerce-sdk-react/src/test-utils.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ export const TEST_CONFIG = {
     currency: 'USD'
 }
 const TestProviders = (props: {children: React.ReactNode}) => {
-    const queryClient = new QueryClient()
+    const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+        // During testing, we want things to fail immediately
+        defaultOptions: {queries: {retry: false}, mutations: {retry: false}}
+    })
 
     return (
         <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
diff --git a/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/home.tsx b/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/home.tsx
index a33e5c5c4c..316090c7eb 100644
--- a/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/home.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const Home = () => {
                 demostrate the feature.
             </p>
             <p>Happy coding.</p>
+
             <h2>Hooks</h2>
             <ul>
                 <li>
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ const Home = () => {
                     <Link to="/slas-helpers">useShopperLoginHelper</Link>
                 </li>
             </ul>
+
+            <h2>Miscellaneous</h2>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    <Link to="/query-errors">Query errors</Link>
+                </li>
+            </ul>
         </>
     )
 }
diff --git a/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/query-errors.tsx b/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/query-errors.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..578408caa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/pages/query-errors.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, Salesforce, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * For full license text, see the LICENSE file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+import React from 'react'
+import {useProducts, useProduct} from 'commerce-sdk-react'
+import Json from '../components/Json'
+
+const QueryErrors = () => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const products = useProducts({FOO: ''})
+    const product = useProduct({id: '25502228Mxxx'})
+
+    return (
+        <>
+            <h1>Query Errors</h1>
+
+            <p>
+                Two common errors you&apos;ll find when using the{' '}
+                <code>commerce-sdk-isomorphic</code> library are:
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                    <strong>Validation error</strong> (e.g. when you pass in the wrong arguments to
+                    the function call)
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                    <strong>Response error</strong> (e.g. 4xx and 5xx http errors from the
+                    underlying Commerce API)
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+
+            <h2>Validation Error</h2>
+            {products.isLoading && <p style={{background: 'aqua'}}>Loading...</p>}
+            {products.error && <p style={{color: 'red'}}>Something is wrong</p>}
+
+            <div>
+                <div>Returning data</div>
+                <Json
+                    data={{
+                        isLoading: products.isLoading,
+                        error: products.error,
+                        data: products.data
+                    }}
+                />
+            </div>
+
+            <h2>Response Error</h2>
+            {product.isLoading && <p style={{background: 'aqua'}}>Loading...</p>}
+            {product.error && <p style={{color: 'red'}}>Something is wrong</p>}
+
+            <div>
+                <div>Returning data</div>
+                <Json
+                    data={{
+                        isLoading: product.isLoading,
+                        error: product.error,
+                        data: product.data
+                    }}
+                />
+            </div>
+        </>
+    )
+}
+
+QueryErrors.getTemplateName = () => 'QueryErrors'
+
+export default QueryErrors
diff --git a/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/routes.tsx b/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/routes.tsx
index c8c4d557e2..28bc1dbc51 100644
--- a/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/routes.tsx
+++ b/packages/test-commerce-sdk-react/app/routes.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const UseCategories = loadable(() => import('./pages/use-shopper-categories'))
 const UseCategory = loadable(() => import('./pages/use-shopper-category'))
 const UseProductSearch = loadable(() => import('./pages/use-product-search'))
 const UseShopperLoginHelper = loadable(() => import('./pages/use-shopper-login-helper'))
+const QueryErrors = loadable(() => import('./pages/query-errors'))
 
 const routes = [
     {
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ const routes = [
     {
         path: '/slas-helpers',
         component: UseShopperLoginHelper
+    },
+    {
+        path: '/query-errors',
+        component: QueryErrors
     }
 ]