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diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index e3d40d5142..6db83807af 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -1044,6 +1044,14 @@ processed, #f otherwise."
(warn-about-old-distro)
+ (when (and (null? files) (manifest-transaction-null? trans))
+ ;; We can reach this point because the user did not specify any action
+ ;; (as in "guix package"), did not specify any package (as in "guix
+ ;; install"), or because there's nothing to upgrade (as when running
+ ;; "guix upgrade" on an up-to-date profile). We cannot distinguish
+ ;; among these here; all we can say is that there's nothing to do.
+ (warning (G_ "nothing to do~%")))
+
(unless (manifest-transaction-null? trans)
;; When '--manifest' is used, display information about TRANS as if we
;; were starting from an empty profile.