3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/typ/reference.typ b/docs/typ/reference.typ
index d9f3012e..80fbb1ac 100644
--- a/docs/typ/reference.typ
+++ b/docs/typ/reference.typ
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ address lands on a rune boundary: `#n` or `L:C` inside a rune snaps to its
 start, a match covers the runes it touches, and a combining mark or a
 CRLF's `\r` is addressable alone.
 
-Refusals: `this pane has no text to address` (#file("addr"), #file("dot")
+Refusals: `invalid address: this pane has no text to address` (#file("addr"), #file("dot")
 and #file("limit") on a terminal, an image or a PDF), `bad address syntax`, `no match for regexp`, `address out of range`, `addresses out of order` (`#100,#50`), `bad regular expression`.
 
 sam details kept: `$-1` is the last line when the text ends in a newline,
diff --git a/src/ninep/ctl.zig b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
index 073a5b8a..b17f150a 100644
--- a/src/ninep/ctl.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
@@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@ test "a malformed address is bad address syntax; on a pane with no text any addr
     for ([_]tree.PaneFile{ .addr, .dot, .limit }) |file| for ([_][]const u8{ "1", "1x" }) |expr| {
         const refused = wr(p, Node.of(serialOf(p), file), expr);
         try testing.expectEqual(E.INVAL, refused.errno());
-        try testing.expectEqualStrings("this pane has no text to address", refused.reply.ename);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("invalid address: this pane has no text to address", refused.reply.ename);
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ninep/pane.zig b/src/ninep/pane.zig
index 6a6b444f..f69813b0 100644
--- a/src/ninep/pane.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/pane.zig
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ fn pairOf(text: []const u8) ?State.Range {
     return .{ .q0 = q0, .q1 = q1 };
 }
 
-pub const e_no_text_address = "this pane has no text to address";
+pub const e_no_text_address = "invalid address: this pane has no text to address";
 
 pub const e_addr_failed = "no address: the last one written to addr failed";