diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0e394a6..e636af2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 title: Home
 layout: default
 ---
+{%- if site.recipes.size > 1 %}
 <h2 class='no-bg'>Recipes</h2>
 <p class='subtle'>Showing {% if site.recipes_per_page > site.recipes.size %}{{ site.recipes_per_page}}{% else %}{{ site.recipes.size }}{% endif %} results.</p>
 {% include recipes.html %}
 
-{%- if site.recipes.size > 1 %}
 <h2 class='no-bg'>Stats</h2>
 {%- assign steps_total = 0 -%}
 {%- assign longest_recipe = site.recipes | first -%}
@@ -51,4 +51,11 @@ layout: default
 	</tr>
 
 </table>
+
+{%- else -%}
+{%- comment -%} 0 recipes {%- endcomment -%}
+<h2>No recipes</h2>
+<p>
+	No recipes found. Ensure that there is at least one recipe file in the <tt>_recipes</tt> directory. See <a class='dark' href='/help.html'>the help page</a> for more information.
+</p>
 {% endif %}