1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/csplit.c b/src/csplit.c
index d1bc0ff8a..c26486f08 100644
--- a/src/csplit.c
+++ b/src/csplit.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "error.h"
 #include "inttostr.h"
 #include "safe-read.h"
+#include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 
 #ifndef SA_NOCLDSTOP
@@ -1374,7 +1375,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (argc - optind < 2)
     {
-      error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));
+      if (argc <= optind)
+	error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
+      else
+	error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[argc - 1]));
       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }