diff --git a/papis_extract/__init__.py b/papis_extract/__init__.py
index 3e4792d..043d3b5 100644
--- a/papis_extract/__init__.py
+++ b/papis_extract/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import click
 import papis.cli
 import papis.config
@@ -145,10 +146,18 @@ def run(
     doc_annots: list[tuple[Document, list[Annotation]]] = []
     for doc in documents:
         annotations: list[Annotation] = []
+        valid_files: int = 0
         for ext in extractors:
             if not ext:
                 continue
-            annotations.extend(extraction.start(ext, doc))
+            added = extraction.start(ext, doc)
+            if added is not None:
+                valid_files += 1
+                annotations.extend(added)
         doc_annots.append((doc, annotations))
 
+        if valid_files == 0:
+            # have to remove curlys or papis logger gets upset
+            desc = re.sub("[{}]", "", papis.document.describe(doc))
+            logger.info(f"Document {desc} has no valid extractors for any of its files.")
     exporter.run(doc_annots)
diff --git a/papis_extract/extraction.py b/papis_extract/extraction.py
index 2054323..c0b93c3 100644
--- a/papis_extract/extraction.py
+++ b/papis_extract/extraction.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Protocol
 
@@ -22,11 +21,13 @@ class Extractor(Protocol):
 def start(
     extractor: Extractor,
     document: Document,
-) -> list[Annotation]:
+) -> list[Annotation] | None:
     """Extract all annotations from passed documents.
 
     Returns all annotations contained in the papis
-    documents passed in.
+    documents passed in (empty list if no annotations).
+    If there are no files that the extractor can process,
+    returns None instead.
     """
     annotations: list[Annotation] = []
     file_available: bool = False
@@ -40,11 +41,9 @@ def start(
         try:
             annotations.extend(extractor.run(fname))
         except ExtractionError as e:
-            print(f"File extraction errors for {file}.\n{e}")
+            logger.error(f"File extraction errors for {file}. File may be damaged.\n{e}")
 
     if not file_available:
-        # have to remove curlys or papis logger gets upset
-        desc = re.sub("[{}]", "", papis.document.describe(document))
-        logger.info(f"No {type(extractor)} file for document: {desc}")
+        return None
 
     return annotations