diff --git a/tuskarclient/osc/v2/plan.py b/tuskarclient/osc/v2/plan.py
index 4325992..cd0c373 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/osc/v2/plan.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/osc/v2/plan.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from cliff import lister
 from cliff import show
 
 from tuskarclient.common import utils
+from tuskarclient.openstack.common.apiclient import exceptions as exc
 
 
 class CreateManagementPlan(show.ShowOne):
@@ -47,11 +48,16 @@ class CreateManagementPlan(show.ShowOne):
         self.log.debug("take_action(%s)" % parsed_args)
 
         client = self.app.client_manager.management
+        name = parsed_args.name
 
-        plan = client.plans.create(
-            name=parsed_args.name,
-            description=parsed_args.description
-        )
+        try:
+            plan = client.plans.create(
+                name=name,
+                description=parsed_args.description
+            )
+        except exc.Conflict:
+            raise exc.CommandError(
+                'Plan with name "%s" already exists.' % name)
 
         return self.dict2columns(plan.to_dict())
 
diff --git a/tuskarclient/v2/plans_shell.py b/tuskarclient/v2/plans_shell.py
index 15bda85..98ef268 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/v2/plans_shell.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/v2/plans_shell.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import sys
 
 import tuskarclient.common.formatting as fmt
 from tuskarclient.common import utils
+from tuskarclient.openstack.common.apiclient import exceptions as exc
 
 
 def do_plan_list(tuskar, args, outfile=sys.stdout):
@@ -123,10 +124,14 @@ def do_plan_delete(tuskar, args, outfile=sys.stdout):
            help='User-readable text describing the Plan.')
 def do_plan_create(tuskar, args, outfile=sys.stdout):
     """Create a new plan."""
-    plan = tuskar.plans.create(
-        name=vars(args).get('name'),
-        description=vars(args).get('description')
-    )
+    name = vars(args).get('name')
+    try:
+        plan = tuskar.plans.create(
+            name=name,
+            description=vars(args).get('description')
+        )
+    except exc.Conflict:
+        raise exc.CommandError('Plan with name "%s" already exists.' % name)
     print_plan_summary(plan, outfile=outfile)