diff --git a/app/views/people/index.html.haml b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
index d3cf5ac5e..a0560df61 100644
--- a/app/views/people/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 .span-15.prepend-5.last
   %h2
-    =t('.results_for')
-    %u= params[:q]
+    -if params[:q].blank?
+      =t('.no_results')
+    -else
+      =t('.results_for')
+      %u= params[:q]
 
   %ul{:class => 'stream people', :id => 'people_stream'}
     - for hash in @hashes
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 21123b46a..3e6dd7c03 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ en:
           add_contact: "add contact"
       index:
           results_for: "search results for"
+          no_results: "Hey! You need to search for something."
       webfinger:
           fail: "Sorry, we couldn't find %{handle}."
       show: