diff --git a/framework/yii/base/Application.php b/framework/yii/base/Application.php
index ae12244..0381e16 100644
--- a/framework/yii/base/Application.php
+++ b/framework/yii/base/Application.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace yii\base;
 
 use Yii;
+use yii\helpers\Console;
 use yii\web\HttpException;
 
 /**
@@ -510,6 +511,9 @@ abstract class Application extends Module
 	{
 		if ($exception instanceof Exception && ($exception instanceof UserException || !YII_DEBUG)) {
 			$message = $exception->getName() . ': ' . $exception->getMessage();
+			if (Yii::$app->controller instanceof \yii\console\Controller) {
+				$message = Yii::$app->controller->ansiFormat($message, Console::FG_RED);
+			}
 		} else {
 			$message = YII_DEBUG ? (string)$exception : 'Error: ' . $exception->getMessage();
 		}
diff --git a/framework/yii/console/Controller.php b/framework/yii/console/Controller.php
index f605893..667031f 100644
--- a/framework/yii/console/Controller.php
+++ b/framework/yii/console/Controller.php
@@ -89,24 +89,22 @@ class Controller extends \yii\base\Controller
 	 */
 	public function bindActionParams($action, $params)
 	{
+		$args = array();
 		if (!empty($params)) {
 			$options = $this->globalOptions();
 			foreach ($params as $name => $value) {
 				if (in_array($name, $options, true)) {
 					$this->$name = $value;
-					unset($params[$name]);
+				} elseif (is_int($name)) {
+					$args[] = $value;
+				} else {
+					throw new Exception(Yii::t('yii', 'Unknown option: --{name}', array(
+						'{name}' => $name,
+					)));
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		$args = isset($params[Request::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS]) ? $params[Request::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS] : array();
-		unset($params[Request::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS]);
-		if (!empty($params)) {
-			throw new Exception(Yii::t('yii', 'Unknown options: {params}', array(
-				'{params}' => implode(', ', array_keys($params)),
-			)));
-		}
-
 		if ($action instanceof InlineAction) {
 			$method = new \ReflectionMethod($this, $action->actionMethod);
 		} else {
diff --git a/framework/yii/console/Request.php b/framework/yii/console/Request.php
index a9a4b03..fe1e23b 100644
--- a/framework/yii/console/Request.php
+++ b/framework/yii/console/Request.php
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ namespace yii\console;
  */
 class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 {
-	const ANONYMOUS_PARAMS = '-args';
-
 	private $_params;
 
 	/**
@@ -57,13 +55,13 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 			$route = '';
 		}
 
-		$params = array(self::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS => array());
+		$params = array();
 		foreach ($rawParams as $param) {
 			if (preg_match('/^--(\w+)(=(.*))?$/', $param, $matches)) {
 				$name = $matches[1];
 				$params[$name] = isset($matches[3]) ? $matches[3] : true;
 			} else {
-				$params[self::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS][] = $param;
+				$params[] = $param;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/framework/yii/console/controllers/MessageController.php b/framework/yii/console/controllers/MessageController.php
index f0efd4d..5c85c21 100644
--- a/framework/yii/console/controllers/MessageController.php
+++ b/framework/yii/console/controllers/MessageController.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class MessageController extends Controller
 	public function actionExtract($configFile)
 	{
 		if (!is_file($configFile)) {
-			throw new Exception("the configuration file {$configFile} does not exist.");
+			throw new Exception("The configuration file does not exist: $configFile");
 		}
 
 		$config = array_merge(array(
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/AssetControllerTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/AssetControllerTest.php
index 5da927a..3d53b6c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/AssetControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/AssetControllerTest.php
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ class AssetControllerTest extends TestCase
 		$controller = $this->createAssetController();
 		ob_start();
 		ob_implicit_flush(false);
-		$params = array(
-			\yii\console\Request::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS => $args
-		);
-		$controller->run($actionId, $params);
+		$controller->run($actionId, $args);
 		return ob_get_clean();
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/MessageControllerTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/MessageControllerTest.php
index c508fd0..cdd38b8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/MessageControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/console/controllers/MessageControllerTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class MessageControllerTest extends TestCase
 
 	public function setUp()
 	{
+		$this->mockApplication();
 		$this->sourcePath = Yii::getAlias('@yiiunit/runtime/test_source');
 		$this->createDir($this->sourcePath);
 		if (!file_exists($this->sourcePath)) {
@@ -100,10 +101,7 @@ class MessageControllerTest extends TestCase
 		$controller = $this->createMessageController();
 		ob_start();
 		ob_implicit_flush(false);
-		$params = array(
-			\yii\console\Request::ANONYMOUS_PARAMS => $args
-		);
-		$controller->run($actionId, $params);
+		$controller->run($actionId, $args);
 		return ob_get_clean();
 	}