diff --git a/modules/feature/lookup/autoload/lookup.el b/modules/feature/lookup/autoload/lookup.el
index f69e8c344..fb20121ee 100644
--- a/modules/feature/lookup/autoload/lookup.el
+++ b/modules/feature/lookup/autoload/lookup.el
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ Otherwise, these properties are available to be set:
               '+lookup--run-hooks
               identifier (point-marker) other-window)))
     (cond ((null ret)
-           (message "Could not find '%s'" identifier))
+           (message "Could not find '%s'" identifier)
+           nil)
           ((markerp ret)
            (funcall (if other-window
                         #'switch-to-buffer-other-window