diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Dialogs/DialogFormatter.cs b/MinecraftClient/Dialogs/DialogFormatter.cs
index c24fca44..9e836e3e 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Dialogs/DialogFormatter.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Dialogs/DialogFormatter.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public static class DialogFormatter
                 builder.AppendLine(string.Format(Translations.dialog_render_action, action.Index, action.Label, DescribeAction(action.Action)));
         }
 
+        builder.AppendLine();
+        builder.AppendLine("§o" + Translations.dialog_render_help_hint + "§r");
         builder.Append(border);
         return builder.ToString();
     }
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs b/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
index 58184b0a..753de486 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
@@ -3440,13 +3440,15 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         public void OnDialogShown(DialogDefinition dialog, DialogPhase phase)
         {
             var instance = Dialogs.Show(dialog, phase);
-            Tui.DialogTuiHost.TryOpen(this, instance, force: phase == DialogPhase.Configuration);
+            if (!Tui.DialogTuiHost.TryOpen(this, instance, force: phase == DialogPhase.Configuration))
+                ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted(DialogFormatter.Render(instance), acceptnewlines: true);
         }
 
         public void OnDialogRegistryReferenceShown(int protocolId, DialogPhase phase)
         {
             var instance = Dialogs.ShowRegistryReference(protocolId, phase);
-            Tui.DialogTuiHost.TryOpen(this, instance, force: phase == DialogPhase.Configuration);
+            if (!Tui.DialogTuiHost.TryOpen(this, instance, force: phase == DialogPhase.Configuration))
+                ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted(DialogFormatter.Render(instance), acceptnewlines: true);
         }
 
         public void OnDialogCleared()
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.Designer.cs b/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.Designer.cs
index c2803581..4b325587 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.Designer.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.Designer.cs
@@ -8121,5 +8121,9 @@ namespace MinecraftClient {
             get { return ResourceManager.GetString("dialog.input_kind.unknown", resourceCulture); }
         }
 
+        internal static string dialog_render_help_hint {
+            get { return ResourceManager.GetString("dialog.render.help_hint", resourceCulture); }
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.resx b/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.resx
index 34ce6a62..fdb4fd7c 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.resx
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.resx
@@ -3067,4 +3067,7 @@ see item details.</value>
   <data name="dialog.input_kind.unknown" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Unknown</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="dialog.render.help_hint" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Use /dialog help for a list of commands.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Tui/DialogTuiHost.cs b/MinecraftClient/Tui/DialogTuiHost.cs
index 8b0708a7..f94370e6 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Tui/DialogTuiHost.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Tui/DialogTuiHost.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ internal sealed class DialogView : Border, IOverlayCloseHandler
             });
         }
 
+        main.Children.Add(new TextBlock
+        {
+            Text = Translations.dialog_render_help_hint,
+            Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(120, 120, 120)),
+            TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap
+        });
+
         main.Children.Add(_status);
         scroll.Content = main;
         root.Children.Add(scroll);