Added Cmd2ShlexError

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/cmd2/exceptions.py b/cmd2/exceptions.py
index 1fffed1c..15787177 100644
--- a/cmd2/exceptions.py
+++ b/cmd2/exceptions.py
@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
 """Custom exceptions for cmd2.  These are NOT part of the public API and are intended for internal use only."""
 
 
-class Cmd2ArgparseException(Exception):
-    """Custom exception class for when an argparse-decorated command has an error parsing its arguments"""
+class Cmd2ArgparseError(Exception):
+    """
+    Custom exception class for when a command has an error parsing its arguments.
+    This can be raised by argparse decorators or the command functions themselves.
+    The main use of this exception is to tell cmd2 not to run Postcommand hooks.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class Cmd2ShlexError(Exception):
+    """Raised when shlex fails to parse a command line string in StatementParser"""
     pass