diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65a7d992cb..dd1c2ff67e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ Unreleased changes template.
 
 {#v0-0-0-added}
 ### Added
-* Nothing added.
+* (gazelle): Parser failures will now be logged to the terminal. Additional
+  details can be logged by setting `GAZELLE_VERBOSE=1`.
 
 {#v0-0-0-removed}
 ### Removed
diff --git a/gazelle/python/file_parser.go b/gazelle/python/file_parser.go
index a2b22c2b8f..9101621639 100644
--- a/gazelle/python/file_parser.go
+++ b/gazelle/python/file_parser.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package python
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ func NewFileParser() *FileParser {
 	return &FileParser{}
 }
 
-func ParseCode(code []byte) (*sitter.Node, error) {
+// ParseCode instantiates a new tree-sitter Parser and parses the python code, returning
+// the tree-sitter RootNode.
+// It prints a warning if parsing fails.
+func ParseCode(code []byte, path string) (*sitter.Node, error) {
 	parser := sitter.NewParser()
 	parser.SetLanguage(python.GetLanguage())
 
@@ -64,9 +68,27 @@ func ParseCode(code []byte) (*sitter.Node, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return tree.RootNode(), nil
+	root := tree.RootNode()
+	if root.HasError() {
+		log.Printf("WARNING: failed to parse %q. The resulting BUILD target may be incorrect.", path)
+
+		verbose, envExists := os.LookupEnv("GAZELLE_VERBOSE")
+		if envExists && verbose == "1" {
+			for i := 0; i < int(root.ChildCount()); i++ {
+				child := root.Child(i)
+				if child.IsError() {
+					log.Printf("Parse error at %+v:\n%+v", child.StartPoint(), child.Content(code))
+					log.Printf("The above was parsed as: %v", child.String())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return root, nil
 }
 
+// parseMain returns true if the python file has an `if __name__ == "__main__":` block,
+// which is a common idiom for python scripts/binaries.
 func (p *FileParser) parseMain(ctx context.Context, node *sitter.Node) bool {
 	for i := 0; i < int(node.ChildCount()); i++ {
 		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
@@ -94,6 +116,8 @@ func (p *FileParser) parseMain(ctx context.Context, node *sitter.Node) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// parseImportStatement parses a node for an import statement, returning a `module` and a boolean
+// representing if the parse was OK or not.
 func parseImportStatement(node *sitter.Node, code []byte) (module, bool) {
 	switch node.Type() {
 	case sitterNodeTypeDottedName:
@@ -112,6 +136,9 @@ func parseImportStatement(node *sitter.Node, code []byte) (module, bool) {
 	return module{}, false
 }
 
+// parseImportStatements parses a node for import statements, returning true if the node is
+// an import statement. It updates FileParser.output.Modules with the `module` that the
+// import represents.
 func (p *FileParser) parseImportStatements(node *sitter.Node) bool {
 	if node.Type() == sitterNodeTypeImportStatement {
 		for j := 1; j < int(node.ChildCount()); j++ {
@@ -146,6 +173,8 @@ func (p *FileParser) parseImportStatements(node *sitter.Node) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// parseComments parses a node for comments, returning true if the node is a comment.
+// It updates FileParser.output.Comments with the parsed comment.
 func (p *FileParser) parseComments(node *sitter.Node) bool {
 	if node.Type() == sitterNodeTypeComment {
 		p.output.Comments = append(p.output.Comments, comment(node.Content(p.code)))
@@ -180,7 +209,7 @@ func (p *FileParser) parse(ctx context.Context, node *sitter.Node) {
 }
 
 func (p *FileParser) Parse(ctx context.Context) (*ParserOutput, error) {
-	rootNode, err := ParseCode(p.code)
+	rootNode, err := ParseCode(p.code, p.relFilepath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}