diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
index 8e783a1a..bb1e66c6 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,18 @@ fn info(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), CliError> {
 
 fn text(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let path = *positional(args).first().ok_or("text: missing file")?;
-    let mut r = PageRenderer::new(read(path)?, RenderConfig { password: flag(args, "--password").map(Arc::from), ..Default::default() });
+    let password = flag(args, "--password");
+    let bytes = read(path)?;
+    let mut r = PageRenderer::new(bytes.clone(), RenderConfig { password: password.map(Arc::from), ..Default::default() });
+    // A document the renderer could not open (wrong or missing password, unparseable file) has
+    // no pages, and "extract every page" of nothing would print nothing and exit 0 (#132). Ask
+    // `inspect` why instead, so a protected file fails the same way `info` does.
+    if r.page_count() == 0 {
+        let info = inspect(bytes, password).map_err(|e| format!("text: {e}"))?;
+        if !info.pages.is_empty() {
+            return Err("text: the document could not be parsed".into());
+        }
+    }
     let pages: Vec<usize> = match flag(args, "--page") {
         Some(p) => vec![p.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| "bad --page")?.saturating_sub(1)],
         None => (0..r.page_count()).collect(),
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/text.rs b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/text.rs
index 3e0d6c85..88fd749c 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/text.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/text.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-//! `text` must fail loudly when a page it was asked for cannot be read (#131).
+//! `text` must fail loudly when a page it was asked for cannot be read (#131), and when the
+//! document itself cannot be opened, e.g. a password-protected file without `--password` (#132).
 
 use std::process::Command;
 
@@ -57,3 +58,39 @@ fn text_of_a_readable_document_succeeds() {
     let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
     assert!(stdout.contains("Page 1") && stdout.contains("Page 3"), "{stdout}");
 }
+
+/// `three.pdf` encrypted with the open password `openme`, via `run --script`.
+fn protected_fixture() -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    let src = tmp("to-protect.pdf");
+    std::fs::write(&src, fixture(3)).unwrap();
+    let out_path = tmp("protected.pdf");
+    let script = tmp("protect.json");
+    let steps = serde_json::json!([
+        { "tool": "doc_open", "args": { "path": src } },
+        { "tool": "doc_protect", "args": { "doc": 1, "open_password": "openme" } },
+        { "tool": "doc_save", "args": { "doc": 1, "path": out_path } },
+    ]);
+    std::fs::write(&script, steps.to_string()).unwrap();
+    let out = Command::new(BIN).args(["run", "--script", script.to_str().unwrap()]).output().unwrap();
+    assert!(out.status.success(), "protecting the fixture failed: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr));
+    out_path
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_of_a_protected_document_without_the_password_fails() {
+    let path = protected_fixture();
+    let out = Command::new(BIN).args(["text", path.to_str().unwrap()]).output().unwrap();
+    assert!(!out.status.success(), "a document that cannot be opened must not exit 0");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    assert!(stderr.contains("password"), "the reason must be named: {stderr}");
+    assert!(out.stdout.is_empty(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_of_a_protected_document_with_the_password_succeeds() {
+    let path = protected_fixture();
+    let out = Command::new(BIN).args(["text", path.to_str().unwrap(), "--password", "openme"]).output().unwrap();
+    assert!(out.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr));
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout);
+    assert!(stdout.contains("Page 1") && stdout.contains("Page 3"), "{stdout}");
+}