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diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index 500fc9ac90..5743816324 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -771,9 +771,13 @@ processed, #f otherwise."
       (('show requested-name)
        (let-values (((name version)
                      (package-name->name+version requested-name)))
-         (leave-on-EPIPE
-          (for-each (cute package->recutils <> (current-output-port))
-                    (find-packages-by-name name version)))
+         (match (find-packages-by-name name version)
+           (()
+            (leave (G_ "~a~@[@~a~]: package not found~%") name version))
+           (packages
+            (leave-on-EPIPE
+             (for-each (cute package->recutils <> (current-output-port))
+                       packages))))
          #t))
 
       (('search-paths kind)