1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/exec.zig b/src/exec.zig
index 953ae0f3..d7a88ecc 100644
--- a/src/exec.zig
+++ b/src/exec.zig
@@ -805,7 +805,9 @@ pub fn applySettingBuiltin(p: *Pardes, setting: config.Runtime.Setting, arg: ?[]
             if (want.len == 0) {
                 p.settings.shell.requested.clear();
                 p.settings.shell.pending = true;
-                return;
+                if (!p.announce) return;
+                var said: [320]u8 = undefined;
+                return p.setMessage(p.active, std.fmt.bufPrint(&said, "Shell: the default again, {s} ($SHELL, else /bin/sh)", .{config.defaultShell()}) catch "Shell: the default again");
             }
             if (comptime pardes.hosted) {
                 var why: [320]u8 = undefined;