diff --git a/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/JShellTool.java b/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/JShellTool.java
index 5d95bc7c77d3f..1317a036982a7 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/JShellTool.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/JShellTool.java
@@ -1312,6 +1312,9 @@ private String getInput(String initial) throws IOException{
                 continue;
             }
             if (line == null) {
+                if (!src.isEmpty()) {
+                    errormsg("jshell.err.incomplete.input", src);
+                }
                 //EOF
                 if (input.interactiveOutput()) {
                     // End after user ctrl-D
diff --git a/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/resources/l10n.properties b/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/resources/l10n.properties
index 44ad74611e5b7..351a0f812ad03 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/resources/l10n.properties
+++ b/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/internal/jshell/tool/resources/l10n.properties
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ jshell.err.exception.thrown = Exception {0}
 jshell.err.exception.thrown.message = Exception {0}: {1}
 jshell.err.exception.cause = Caused by: {0}
 jshell.err.exception.cause.message = Caused by: {0}: {1}
+jshell.err.incomplete.input = Incomplete input: {0}
 
 jshell.console.see.synopsis = <press tab again to see synopsis>
 jshell.console.see.full.documentation = <press tab again to see full documentation>
diff --git a/test/langtools/jdk/jshell/StartOptionTest.java b/test/langtools/jdk/jshell/StartOptionTest.java
index b84b454480e5e..140aab6a14c26 100644
--- a/test/langtools/jdk/jshell/StartOptionTest.java
+++ b/test/langtools/jdk/jshell/StartOptionTest.java
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
  */
 
  /*
- * @test 8151754 8080883 8160089 8170162 8166581 8172102 8171343 8178023 8186708 8179856 8185840 8190383 8341631
+ * @test 8151754 8080883 8160089 8170162 8166581 8172102 8171343 8178023 8186708 8179856 8185840 8190383 8341631 8341833
  * @summary Testing startExCe-up options.
  * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api
  *          jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main
  *          jdk.jdeps/com.sun.tools.javap
  *          jdk.jshell/jdk.internal.jshell.tool
+ *          jdk.jshell/jdk.internal.jshell.tool.resources:+open
  * @library /tools/lib
  * @build Compiler toolbox.ToolBox
  * @run testng StartOptionTest
@@ -38,13 +39,16 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import jdk.jshell.JShell;
 
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
@@ -133,6 +137,14 @@ protected void startCheckUserOutput(Consumer<String> checkUserOutput,
         check(usererr, null, "usererr");
     }
 
+    protected void startCheckError(Consumer<String> checkError,
+            String... args) {
+        runShell(args);
+        check(cmderr, checkError, "userout");
+        check(userout, null, "userout");
+        check(usererr, null, "usererr");
+    }
+
     // Start with an exit code and command error check
     protected void startExCe(int eec, Consumer<String> checkError, String... args) {
         StartOptionTest.this.startExCoUoCeCn(
@@ -411,6 +423,25 @@ public void testInput() {
                              readPasswordPrompt);
     }
 
+    public void testErroneousFile() {
+        String code = """
+                      var v = (
+                      System.console().readLine("prompt: ");
+                      /exit
+                      """;
+        String readLinePrompt = writeToFile(code);
+        String expectedErrorFormat =
+                ResourceBundle.getBundle("jdk.internal.jshell.tool.resources.l10n",
+                                         Locale.getDefault(),
+                                         JShell.class.getModule())
+                              .getString("jshell.err.incomplete.input");
+        String expectedError =
+                new MessageFormat(expectedErrorFormat).format(new Object[] {code});
+        startCheckError(s -> assertEquals(s, expectedError),
+                        readLinePrompt);
+    }
+
+
     @AfterMethod
     public void tearDown() {
         cmdout = null;