diff --git a/ng-dev/format/cli.ts b/ng-dev/format/cli.ts
index 770566d76..bf8c0bd93 100644
--- a/ng-dev/format/cli.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/format/cli.ts
@@ -25,41 +25,41 @@ export function buildFormatParser(localYargs: yargs.Argv) {
       'all',
       'Run the formatter on all files in the repository',
       (args) => args,
-      ({check}) => {
+      async ({check}) => {
         const executionCmd = check ? checkFiles : formatFiles;
         const allFiles = GitClient.get().allFiles();
-        executionCmd(allFiles);
+        process.exitCode = await executionCmd(allFiles);
       },
     )
     .command(
       'changed [shaOrRef]',
       'Run the formatter on files changed since the provided sha/ref',
       (args) => args.positional('shaOrRef', {type: 'string'}),
-      ({shaOrRef, check}) => {
+      async ({shaOrRef, check}) => {
         const git = GitClient.get();
         const sha = shaOrRef || git.mainBranchName;
         const executionCmd = check ? checkFiles : formatFiles;
         const allChangedFilesSince = git.allChangesFilesSince(sha);
-        executionCmd(allChangedFilesSince);
+        process.exitCode = await executionCmd(allChangedFilesSince);
       },
     )
     .command(
       'staged',
       'Run the formatter on all staged files',
       (args) => args,
-      ({check}) => {
+      async ({check}) => {
         const executionCmd = check ? checkFiles : formatFiles;
         const allStagedFiles = GitClient.get().allStagedFiles();
-        executionCmd(allStagedFiles);
+        process.exitCode = await executionCmd(allStagedFiles);
       },
     )
     .command(
       'files <files..>',
       'Run the formatter on provided files',
       (args) => args.positional('files', {array: true, type: 'string'}),
-      ({check, files}) => {
+      async ({check, files}) => {
         const executionCmd = check ? checkFiles : formatFiles;
-        executionCmd(files!);
+        process.exitCode = await executionCmd(files!);
       },
     );
 }
diff --git a/ng-dev/format/format.ts b/ng-dev/format/format.ts
index bbcf7fba7..f3e4b02b2 100644
--- a/ng-dev/format/format.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/format/format.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ import {runFormatterInParallel} from './run-commands-parallel';
 
 /**
  * Format provided files in place.
+ *
+ * @returns a status code indicating whether the formatting run was successful.
  */
-export async function formatFiles(files: string[]) {
+export async function formatFiles(files: string[]): Promise<1 | 0> {
   // Whether any files failed to format.
   let failures = await runFormatterInParallel(files, 'format');
 
   if (failures === false) {
     info('No files matched for formatting.');
-    process.exit(0);
+    return 0;
   }
 
   // The process should exit as a failure if any of the files failed to format.
@@ -29,14 +31,16 @@ export async function formatFiles(files: string[]) {
       info(`  • ${filePath}: ${message}`);
     });
     error(red(`Formatting failed, see errors above for more information.`));
-    process.exit(1);
+    return 1;
   }
   info(`√  Formatting complete.`);
-  process.exit(0);
+  return 0;
 }
 
 /**
  * Check provided files for formatting correctness.
+ *
+ * @returns a status code indicating whether the format check run was successful.
  */
 export async function checkFiles(files: string[]) {
   // Files which are currently not formatted correctly.
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ export async function checkFiles(files: string[]) {
 
   if (failures === false) {
     info('No files matched for formatting check.');
-    process.exit(0);
+    return 0;
   }
 
   if (failures.length) {
@@ -64,17 +68,16 @@ export async function checkFiles(files: string[]) {
 
     if (runFormatter) {
       // Format the failing files as requested.
-      await formatFiles(failures.map((f) => f.filePath));
-      process.exit(0);
+      return (await formatFiles(failures.map((f) => f.filePath))) || 0;
     } else {
       // Inform user how to format files in the future.
       info();
       info(`To format the failing file run the following command:`);
       info(`  yarn ng-dev format files ${failures.map((f) => f.filePath).join(' ')}`);
-      process.exit(1);
+      return 1;
     }
   } else {
     info('√  All files correctly formatted.');
-    process.exit(0);
+    return 0;
   }
 }