diff --git a/src/Command/Remote/SshCommand.php b/src/Command/Remote/SshCommand.php
index c709517e9..a98bdd17a 100644
--- a/src/Command/Remote/SshCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/Remote/SshCommand.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Acquia\Cli\Command\Remote;
 
+use Acquia\Cli\Exception\AcquiaCliException;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): ?int
     $alias = $this->normalizeAlias($alias);
     $alias = self::validateEnvironmentAlias($alias);
     $environment = $this->getEnvironmentFromAliasArg($alias);
+    if (!isset($environment->sshUrl)) {
+      throw new AcquiaCliException('Cannot determine environment SSH URL. Check that you have SSH permissions on this environment.');
+    }
     $sshCommand = [
       'cd /var/www/html/' . $alias,
     ];
diff --git a/src/Helpers/SshHelper.php b/src/Helpers/SshHelper.php
index 231f84ac2..04fcd14d6 100644
--- a/src/Helpers/SshHelper.php
+++ b/src/Helpers/SshHelper.php
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ public function __construct(
   /**
    * Execute the command in a remote environment.
    *
+   * @param \AcquiaCloudApi\Response\EnvironmentResponse|string $target
    * @param array $commandArgs
+   * @param bool $printOutput
    * @param int|null $timeout
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\Process\Process
    */
   public function executeCommand(EnvironmentResponse|string $target, array $commandArgs, bool $printOutput = TRUE, int $timeout = NULL): Process {
     $commandSummary = $this->getCommandSummary($commandArgs);
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ private function sendCommand($url, $command, $printOutput, $timeout = NULL): Pro
    * Return the first item of the $commandArgs that is not an option.
    *
    * @param array $commandArgs
+   * @return string
    */
   private function firstArguments(array $commandArgs): string {
     $result = '';
@@ -80,9 +84,6 @@ private function firstArguments(array $commandArgs): string {
     return $result;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @return \Closure
-   */
   private function getOutputCallback(): callable {
     if ($this->localMachineHelper->useTty() === FALSE) {
       $output = $this->output;
@@ -101,15 +102,12 @@ private function getOutputCallback(): callable {
    * CI scripts.
    *
    * @param array $commandArgs
+   * @return string
    */
   private function getCommandSummary(array $commandArgs): string {
     return $this->firstArguments($commandArgs);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param $url
-   * @return array SSH connection string
-   */
   private function getConnectionArgs($url): array {
     return [
       'ssh',
@@ -121,10 +119,6 @@ private function getConnectionArgs($url): array {
     ];
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param $command
-   * @return array
-   */
   private function getSshCommand(string $url, $command): array {
     return array_merge($this->getConnectionArgs($url), $command);
   }