diff --git a/action/show.go b/action/show.go
index 667e826cac..6f42d39f36 100644
--- a/action/show.go
+++ b/action/show.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/justwatchcom/gopass/store"
 	"github.com/justwatchcom/gopass/store/secret"
 	"github.com/justwatchcom/gopass/utils/ctxutil"
@@ -101,7 +100,8 @@ func (s *Action) showHandleOutput(ctx context.Context, name, key string, sec *se
 		case ctxutil.IsShowSafeContent(ctx) && !IsForce(ctx):
 			content = sec.Body()
 			if content == "" {
-				return exitError(ctx, ExitNotFound, store.ErrNoBody, "no safe content to display, you can force display with show -f")
+				out.Yellow(ctx, "No safe content to display, you can force display with show -f.\nCopying password instead.")
+				return copyToClipboard(ctx, name, []byte(sec.Password()))
 			}
 		default:
 			buf, err := sec.Bytes()
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (s *Action) showHandleError(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, name strin
 	if err != store.ErrNotFound || !recurse || !ctxutil.IsTerminal(ctx) {
 		return exitError(ctx, ExitUnknown, err, "failed to retrieve secret '%s': %s", name, err)
 	}
-	color.Yellow("Entry '%s' not found. Starting search...", name)
+	out.Yellow(ctx, "Entry '%s' not found. Starting search...", name)
 	if err := s.Find(ctx, c); err != nil {
 		return exitError(ctx, ExitNotFound, err, "%s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/action/show_test.go b/action/show_test.go
index 178634d7c0..fbd1464521 100644
--- a/action/show_test.go
+++ b/action/show_test.go
@@ -72,6 +72,54 @@ func TestShow(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, act.Show(ctx, c))
 	assert.Equal(t, "bar\n└── baz\n\n", buf.String())
 	buf.Reset()
+
+	// show twoliner with safecontent enabled
+	ctx = ctxutil.WithShowSafeContent(ctx, true)
+	fs = flag.NewFlagSet("default", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	assert.NoError(t, fs.Parse([]string{"bar/baz"}))
+	c = cli.NewContext(app, fs, nil)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, act.Show(ctx, c))
+	assert.Equal(t, "---\nbar: zab", buf.String())
+	buf.Reset()
+
+	// show foo with safecontent enabled, should warn and copy the stuff
+	fs = flag.NewFlagSet("default", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	assert.NoError(t, fs.Parse([]string{"foo"}))
+	c = cli.NewContext(app, fs, nil)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, act.Show(ctx, c))
+	assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "No safe content to display, you can force display with show -f.")
+	buf.Reset()
+
+	// show foo with safecontent enabled, with the force flag
+	fs = flag.NewFlagSet("default", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	bf = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "force",
+		Usage: "force",
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, bf.ApplyWithError(fs))
+	assert.NoError(t, fs.Parse([]string{"--force", "foo"}))
+	c = cli.NewContext(app, fs, nil)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, act.Show(ctx, c))
+	assert.Equal(t, "secret", buf.String())
+	buf.Reset()
+
+	// show twoliner with safecontent enabled, but with the clip flag, which should copy just the secret
+	ctx = ctxutil.WithShowSafeContent(ctx, true)
+	fs = flag.NewFlagSet("default", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	bf = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "clip",
+		Usage: "clip",
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, bf.ApplyWithError(fs))
+	assert.NoError(t, fs.Parse([]string{"--clip", "bar/baz"}))
+	c = cli.NewContext(app, fs, nil)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, act.Show(ctx, c))
+	assert.NotContains(t, buf.String(), "123")
+	buf.Reset()
 }
 
 func TestShowHandleRevision(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/store/err.go b/store/err.go
index 7c276288a0..c3f887f455 100644
--- a/store/err.go
+++ b/store/err.go
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ var (
 	ErrGitNoRemote = errors.Errorf("git has no remote origin")
 	// ErrGitNothingToCommit is returned if there are no staged changes
 	ErrGitNothingToCommit = errors.Errorf("git has nothing to commit")
-	// ErrNoBody is returned if a secret exists but has no content beyond a password
-	ErrNoBody = errors.Errorf("no safe content to display, you can force display with show -f")
 	// ErrNoPassword is returned is a secret exists but has no password, only a body
 	ErrNoPassword = errors.Errorf("no password to display")
 	// ErrYAMLNoMark is returned if a secret contains no valid YAML document marker
diff --git a/tests/show_test.go b/tests/show_test.go
index 4665af83fb..54e3f8ed51 100644
--- a/tests/show_test.go
+++ b/tests/show_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestShow(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	out, _ = ts.run("show fixed/secret")
-	assert.Equal(t, "\nError: no safe content to display, you can force display with show -f\n", out)
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "No safe content to display, you can force display with show -f.\nCopying password instead.")
 
 	out, err = ts.run("show -f fixed/secret")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func TestShow(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "and\nmore stuff", out)
 
+	out, err = ts.run("show fixed/twoliner -c")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotContains(t, out, "No safe content to display, you can force display with show -f")
+
 	_, err = ts.run("config safecontent false")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)