diff --git a/contrib/kiss-help b/contrib/kiss-help
index 649691b..8b9a108 100755
--- a/contrib/kiss-help
+++ b/contrib/kiss-help
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ cd "$KISS_ROOT/usr/share/doc/kiss" 2>/dev/null || {
 [ -f "${1:-.}/index.txt" ] && file=./${1:-.}/index.txt
 [ -f "${1:-.}.txt" ]       && file=./${1:-.}.txt
 
-"${PAGER:-less}" "$file"
+"${PAGER:-less}" "${file:-404.txt}"