diff --git a/share/kak/kakrc b/share/kak/kakrc
index cd70642b..d01224e3 100644
--- a/share/kak/kakrc
+++ b/share/kak/kakrc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def -params 1 -docstring "colorscheme <name>: enable named colorscheme" \
     if [ -n "${filename}" ]; then
         printf 'source %%{%s}' "${filename}"
     else
-        echo "echo -markup '{Error}No such colorscheme'"
+        echo "fail 'No such colorscheme'"
     fi
 }}