diff --git a/target/bin/addalias b/target/bin/addalias
index e426e974..bec227b5 100755
--- a/target/bin/addalias
+++ b/target/bin/addalias
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ escape() {
 	echo "${1//./\\.}"
 }
 
-[ -z "$EMAIL" ] && { usage; errex "no email specified"; }
+[ -z "$EMAIL" ] && { usage; errex "Error: No alias specified"; }
+[ -z "$RECIPIENT" ] && { usage; errex "Error: No recipient specified"; }
 
 grep -qi "^$(escape $EMAIL)[a-zA-Z@.\ ]*$(escape $RECIPIENT)" $DATABASE 2>/dev/null &&
 	errex "Alias \"$EMAIL $RECIPIENT\" already exists"
diff --git a/target/bin/delalias b/target/bin/delalias
index c97a1c39..07faed9a 100755
--- a/target/bin/delalias
+++ b/target/bin/delalias
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ escape() {
 	echo "${1//./\\.}"
 }
 
-[ -z "$EMAIL" ] || [ -z "$RECIPIENT" ]  && { usage; errex "No email specifed"; }
+[ -z "$EMAIL" ] && { usage; errex "Error: No alias specified"; }
+[ -z "$RECIPIENT" ] && { usage; errex "Error: No recipient specified"; }
+
 [ -s "$DATABASE" ] || exit 0
 
 #CNT=$(grep "^$EMAIL" $DATABASE | wc -w | awk '{print $1}')
diff --git a/target/bin/listalias b/target/bin/listalias
index 8e655bbe..f6848ec5 100755
--- a/target/bin/listalias
+++ b/target/bin/listalias
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ errex() {
 	exit 1
 }
 
-[ -f $DATABASE ] || errex "No postfix-virtual.cf file"
-[ -s $DATABASE ] || errex "Empty postfix-virtual.cf - no aliases have been added"
+[ -f $DATABASE ] || errex "Error: No postfix-virtual.cf file"
+[ -s $DATABASE ] || errex "Error: Empty postfix-virtual.cf - no aliases have been added"
 
 (grep -v "^\s*$\|^\s*\#" $DATABASE || true)