diff --git a/src/poetry/vcs/git/backend.py b/src/poetry/vcs/git/backend.py
index eddd0efd75e..da0b58db68f 100644
--- a/src/poetry/vcs/git/backend.py
+++ b/src/poetry/vcs/git/backend.py
@@ -231,11 +231,8 @@ def _clone_legacy(url: str, refspec: GitRefSpec, target: Path) -> Repo:
 
         try:
             SystemGit.clone(url, target)
-        except CalledProcessError:
-            raise PoetryConsoleError(
-                f"Failed to clone {url}, check your git configuration and permissions"
-                " for this repository."
-            )
+        except CalledProcessError as e:
+            raise PoetryConsoleError(f"Failed to clone {url}\n {e.stderr}")
 
         if revision:
             revision.replace("refs/head/", "")
diff --git a/src/poetry/vcs/git/system.py b/src/poetry/vcs/git/system.py
index 27ab0330002..f994d677faf 100644
--- a/src/poetry/vcs/git/system.py
+++ b/src/poetry/vcs/git/system.py
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ def run(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         git_command = find_git_command()
         env = os.environ.copy()
         env["GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT"] = "0"
-        subprocess.check_call(  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+        subprocess.run(
             git_command + list(args),
-            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
             env=env,
             text=True,
             encoding="utf-8",
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_utils_vcs_git.py b/tests/integration/test_utils_vcs_git.py
index 1e4229e0f48..15cd5922b0f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_utils_vcs_git.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_utils_vcs_git.py
@@ -435,3 +435,13 @@ def test_relative_submodules_with_ssh(
         "ssh://github.com/python-poetry/test-fixture-vcs-repository.git",
         "ssh://github.com/python-poetry/test-fixture-vcs-repository.git",
     ]
+
+
+def test_git_error_is_exposed_for_non_existent_repo() -> None:
+    source_url = "https://github.com/python-poetry/test-fixture-vcs-repo.git"
+    branch = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+    with pytest.raises(PoetryConsoleError) as e:
+        Git.clone(url=source_url, branch=branch)
+
+    assert "remote: Repository not found." in str(e.value)