diff --git a/graphtage/__main__.py b/graphtage/__main__.py
index 5d5783a..f8a1122 100644
--- a/graphtage/__main__.py
+++ b/graphtage/__main__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,32 @@
 EXIT_ERROR = 2
 """The exit status used when Graphtage could not compute a diff."""
 
+EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE = 141
+"""The exit status used when the process reading Graphtage's output closed the pipe.
+
+This is ``128 + SIGPIPE``, the status a shell reports for a process that a broken pipe terminated. Python ignores
+``SIGPIPE`` and raises :exc:`BrokenPipeError` instead, so Graphtage reports the status itself.
+"""
+
+
+def silence_broken_pipe() -> None:
+    """Redirects standard output to the null device after the reader closed the pipe.
+
+    CPython flushes :data:`sys.stdout` while the interpreter shuts down, and that flush raises a second
+    :exc:`BrokenPipeError` that is printed as ``Exception ignored`` however the first one was handled. Pointing the
+    underlying file descriptor at :data:`os.devnull` lets the final flush, and any write that still happens while
+    Graphtage cleans up, succeed silently.
+    """
+    try:
+        stdout_fd = sys.stdout.fileno()
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return
+    devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_WRONLY)
+    try:
+        os.dup2(devnull, stdout_fd)
+    finally:
+        os.close(devnull)
+
 
 class PathOrStdin:
     def __init__(self, path):
@@ -243,15 +269,19 @@ def printer_type(*pos_args, **kwargs):
     else:
         printer_type = Printer
 
-    printer = printer_type(
-        sys.stdout,
-        ansi_color=ansi_color,
-        quiet=args.no_status or args.quiet,
-        options={
-            'join_lists': args.condensed or args.join_lists,
-            'join_dict_items': args.condensed or args.join_dict_items
-        }
-    )
+    try:
+        printer = printer_type(
+            sys.stdout,
+            ansi_color=ansi_color,
+            quiet=args.no_status or args.quiet,
+            options={
+                'join_lists': args.condensed or args.join_lists,
+                'join_dict_items': args.condensed or args.join_dict_items
+            }
+        )
+    except BrokenPipeError:
+        silence_broken_pipe()
+        return EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE
     printermodule.set_default_printer(printer)
 
     logging.basicConfig(level=numeric_log_level, stream=Printer(
@@ -311,6 +341,7 @@ def printer_type(*pos_args, **kwargs):
         ignore_list_order=args.ignore_list_order
     )
 
+    broken_pipe = False
     try:
         with printer:
             options.printer = printer
@@ -374,8 +405,17 @@ def printer_type(*pos_args, **kwargs):
             printer.write('\n')
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         return -2  # SIGINT
+    except BrokenPipeError:
+        silence_broken_pipe()
+        broken_pipe = True
     finally:
-        printer.close()
+        try:
+            printer.close()
+        except BrokenPipeError:
+            silence_broken_pipe()
+            broken_pipe = True
+    if broken_pipe:
+        return EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE
     if had_edits:
         return EXIT_DIFFERENCES_FOUND
     else:
diff --git a/graphtage/git.py b/graphtage/git.py
index 4f3efa9..6802807 100644
--- a/graphtage/git.py
+++ b/graphtage/git.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 Git stops the whole diff when a driver exits with a non-zero status, so this driver reports a successful diff as
 :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_SUCCESS` even when the two revisions differ. A status of
 :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_ERROR` is reserved for failures that prevent Graphtage from producing a diff at
-all, such as an unsupported file type or a file that does not parse.
+all, such as an unsupported file type or a file that does not parse. Quitting git's pager closes the driver's
+standard output, which ends the diff with :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE` rather than a traceback.
 
 See the "Git Integration" section of the Graphtage README for the ``git`` configuration this driver expects.
 """
@@ -22,7 +23,14 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 
 from . import graphtage
-from .__main__ import EXIT_DIFFERENCES_FOUND, EXIT_ERROR, EXIT_SUCCESS, register_mimetypes
+from .__main__ import (
+    EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE,
+    EXIT_DIFFERENCES_FOUND,
+    EXIT_ERROR,
+    EXIT_SUCCESS,
+    register_mimetypes,
+    silence_broken_pipe,
+)
 from .__main__ import main as graphtage_main
 
 UNMERGED_ARGUMENT_COUNT = 1
@@ -111,7 +119,8 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
 
     Returns:
         int: :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_SUCCESS` if the diff was produced, whether or not the revisions differ,
-        and :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_ERROR` if Graphtage could not produce one.
+        :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_ERROR` if Graphtage could not produce one, and
+        :const:`graphtage.__main__.EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE` if git's pager closed the pipe before the diff was written.
     """
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv
@@ -123,18 +132,22 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
         sys.stderr.write(USAGE)
         return EXIT_ERROR
     path, from_path, to_path = git_args[0], git_args[1], git_args[4]
-    sys.stdout.write(f"{path}\n")
-    change = absent_revision(from_path, to_path)
-    if change is not None:
-        sys.stdout.write(f"({change}; Graphtage compares two revisions and needs both of them)\n")
-        return EXIT_SUCCESS
-    register_mimetypes()
     try:
-        inferred = mime_options(path, forwarded)
-    except ValueError as e:
-        sys.stderr.write(f"Error: {e!s}\n")
-        return EXIT_ERROR
-    sys.stdout.flush()
+        sys.stdout.write(f"{path}\n")
+        change = absent_revision(from_path, to_path)
+        if change is not None:
+            sys.stdout.write(f"({change}; Graphtage compares two revisions and needs both of them)\n")
+            return EXIT_SUCCESS
+        register_mimetypes()
+        try:
+            inferred = mime_options(path, forwarded)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"Error: {e!s}\n")
+            return EXIT_ERROR
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+    except BrokenPipeError:
+        silence_broken_pipe()
+        return EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE
     status = graphtage_main(['graphtage', '--no-status', *forwarded, *inferred, from_path, to_path])
     if status == EXIT_DIFFERENCES_FOUND:
         return EXIT_SUCCESS
diff --git a/test/test_printer.py b/test/test_printer.py
index 5c0aa06..919c4c8 100644
--- a/test/test_printer.py
+++ b/test/test_printer.py
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
+import json
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 from os.path import join
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+from graphtage.__main__ import EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE
+
 FROM_JSON = '{"a": 1, "b": [1, 2, 3]}'
 TO_JSON = '{"a": 2, "b": [1, 2, 4]}'
 
 ANSI_ESCAPE = b"\x1b["
 
+LARGE_KEY_COUNT = 4000
+"""Enough keys that the diff overflows the pipe buffer, so Graphtage is still writing when the reader gives up."""
+
 
 def run_graphtage(*args: str) -> bytes:
     """Runs the command line with its output redirected to a pipe, and returns what was written to stdout."""
@@ -27,6 +33,34 @@ def run_graphtage(*args: str) -> bytes:
     return result.stdout
 
 
+def write_large_inputs(tmpdir: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Writes two JSON objects whose diff is several times larger than the pipe buffer, and returns their paths."""
+    from_object = {f"key_{i:05d}": f"value_{i:05d}{'_padding' * 4}" for i in range(LARGE_KEY_COUNT)}
+    to_object = dict(from_object)
+    to_object["key_00007"] = "changed"
+    from_path = join(tmpdir, "from.json")
+    to_path = join(tmpdir, "to.json")
+    for path, contents in ((from_path, from_object), (to_path, to_object)):
+        with open(path, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(contents, f)
+    return from_path, to_path
+
+
+def run_graphtage_into_a_closed_pipe(*args: str) -> tuple[int, bytes]:
+    """Runs the command line, closes its standard output partway through, and returns the exit status and stderr."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        from_path, to_path = write_large_inputs(tmpdir)
+        command: list[str] = [sys.executable, "-m", "graphtage", "--no-status"]
+        command.extend(args)
+        command.extend((from_path, to_path))
+        process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        with process:
+            process.stdout.read(64)
+            process.stdout.close()
+            stderr = process.stderr.read()
+    return process.returncode, stderr
+
+
 class TestPrinter(TestCase):
     def test_import_does_not_wrap_stdout(self):
         """Importing the library must not replace :attr:`sys.stdout` with colorama's wrapper."""
@@ -57,3 +91,17 @@ def test_html_output_is_colored_when_forced(self):
         output = run_graphtage("--html", "--color")
         self.assertIn(b"color:", output)
         self.assertNotIn(ANSI_ESCAPE, output)
+
+    def test_closing_the_pipe_early_is_quiet(self):
+        """Piping a diff into a reader that stops early must not print ``BrokenPipeError`` tracebacks.
+
+        The HTML printer is checked alongside the plain one because it writes markup outside of the diff:
+        :class:`graphtage.printer.HTMLPrinter` emits the document header while it is constructed and the closing
+        tags while it is closed, so a dead pipe breaks it both before and after the diff is printed.
+        """
+        for args in ((), ("--html",)):
+            with self.subTest(args=args):
+                status, stderr = run_graphtage_into_a_closed_pipe(*args)
+                self.assertNotIn(b"Traceback", stderr)
+                self.assertNotIn(b"BrokenPipeError", stderr)
+                self.assertEqual(EXIT_BROKEN_PIPE, status)