diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/messages.properties b/common/locale/en-US/messages.properties
index 63d1a130..88779c3d 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/messages.properties
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/messages.properties
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ command.let.undefinedVar-1 = E121: Undefined variable: %S
 command.let.unexpectedChar = E18: Unexpected characters in :let
 command.run.noPrevious = E34: No previous command
 command.sanitize.privateMode = Cannot sanitize items in private mode
+command.scriptnames.none = No sourced scripts found
 command.set.errorParsing-1 = Error parsing :set command: %S
 command.set.numberRequired-2 = E521: Number required after =: %S=%S
 command.set.unknownOption-1 = E518: Unknown option: %S
diff --git a/common/modules/io.jsm b/common/modules/io.jsm
index bd7b955a..f5af1188 100644
--- a/common/modules/io.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/io.jsm
@@ -783,9 +783,13 @@ unlet s:cpo_save
         commands.add(["scrip[tnames]"],
             "List all sourced script names",
             function () {
-                modules.commandline.commandOutput(
-                    template.tabular(["<SNR>", "Filename"], ["text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;"],
-                        ([i + 1, file] for ([i, file] in Iterator(io._scriptNames)))));  // TODO: add colon and remove column titles for pedantic Vim compatibility?
+                if (!io._scriptNames.length)
+                    dactyl.echomsg(_("command.scriptnames.none"));
+                else
+                    modules.commandline.commandOutput(
+                        template.tabular(["<SNR>", "Filename"], ["text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;"],
+                            ([i + 1, file] for ([i, file] in Iterator(io._scriptNames)))));  // TODO: add colon and remove column titles for pedantic Vim compatibility?
+
             },
             { argCount: "0" });