diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d8fe936..07d31c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - offpunk: add list autocompletion to "tour"
 - offpunk: removed "blackbox", which has not been used nor maintained
 - offpunk: "gus" was broken, it is functionnal again
+- opnk/offpunk: more informative prompt in less
 
 ## 2.1 - December 15th 2023
 - freshly updated gemtext/rss links are highlighted ("new_link" theme option)
diff --git a/opnk.py b/opnk.py
index 1345ee1..90a4092 100755
--- a/opnk.py
+++ b/opnk.py
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ else:
 # -S : do not wrap long lines. Wrapping is done by offpunk, longlines
 # are there on purpose (surch in asciiart)
 #--incsearch : incremental search starting rev581
-if less_version >= 581:
-    less_base = "less --incsearch --save-marks -~ -XRfMWiS"
-elif less_version >= 572:
-    less_base = "less --save-marks -XRfMWiS"
-else:
-    less_base = "less -XRfMWiS"
-_DEFAULT_LESS = less_base + " \"+''\" %s"
-_DEFAULT_CAT = less_base + " -EF %s"
-
 def less_cmd(file, histfile=None,cat=False,grep=None):
+    less_prompt = "page %%d/%%D- lines %%l/%%L - %%Pb\%%"
+    if less_version >= 581:
+        less_base = "less --incsearch --save-marks -~ -XRfWiS -P \"%s\""%less_prompt
+    elif less_version >= 572:
+        less_base = "less --save-marks -XRfMWiS"
+    else:
+        less_base = "less -XRfMWiS"
+    _DEFAULT_LESS = less_base + " \"+''\" %s"
+    _DEFAULT_CAT = less_base + " -EF %s"
     if histfile:
         env = {"LESSHISTFILE": histfile}
     else: