diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.h b/src/ex_cmds.h
index 34defea..4095331 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds.h
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.h
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
 			EXTRA|TRLBAR|NOTRLCOM|USECTRLV|CMDWIN,
 			ADDR_LINES),
 EX(CMD_messages,	"messages",	ex_messages,
-			TRLBAR|CMDWIN,
+			EXTRA|TRLBAR|RANGE|CMDWIN,
 			ADDR_LINES),
 EX(CMD_mkexrc,		"mkexrc",	ex_mkrc,
 			BANG|FILE1|TRLBAR|CMDWIN,