diff --git a/scripts/supybot-newplugin b/scripts/supybot-newplugin
index 172cac55f..8c81b08e5 100755
--- a/scripts/supybot-newplugin
+++ b/scripts/supybot-newplugin
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
         main()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        pass
+        print
+        output("""It looks like you cancelled out of this script before it was
+        finished.  Obviously, nothing was written, but just run this script
+        again whenever you want to generate a template for a plugin.""")
 
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