diff --git a/src/Shell/Task/TemplateTask.php b/src/Shell/Task/TemplateTask.php
index ab956eeaa..c494ce0fd 100644
--- a/src/Shell/Task/TemplateTask.php
+++ b/src/Shell/Task/TemplateTask.php
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ public function bake($action, $content = '')
             $content = $this->getContent($action);
         }
         if (empty($content)) {
+            $this->err("<warning>No generated content for '{$action}.ctp', not generating template.");
             return false;
         }
         $this->out("\n" . sprintf('Baking `%s` view file...', $action), 1, Shell::QUIET);