diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index aa4363b200..b314fb5d71 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -4011,14 +4011,18 @@ listTables(const char *tabtypes, const char *pattern, bool verbose, bool showSys
 	bool		showSeq = strchr(tabtypes, 's') != NULL;
 	bool		showForeign = strchr(tabtypes, 'E') != NULL;
 
+	int			ntypes;
 	PQExpBufferData buf;
 	PGresult   *res;
 	printQueryOpt myopt = pset.popt;
 	int			cols_so_far;
 	bool		translate_columns[] = {false, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false};
 
-	/* If tabtypes is empty, we default to \dtvmsE (but see also command.c) */
-	if (!(showTables || showIndexes || showViews || showMatViews || showSeq || showForeign))
+	/* Count the number of explicitly-requested relation types */
+	ntypes = showTables + showIndexes + showViews + showMatViews +
+		showSeq + showForeign;
+	/* If none, we default to \dtvmsE (but see also command.c) */
+	if (ntypes == 0)
 		showTables = showViews = showMatViews = showSeq = showForeign = true;
 
 	initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
@@ -4169,14 +4173,55 @@ listTables(const char *tabtypes, const char *pattern, bool verbose, bool showSys
 	if (PQntuples(res) == 0 && !pset.quiet)
 	{
 		if (pattern)
-			pg_log_error("Did not find any relation named \"%s\".",
-						 pattern);
+		{
+			if (ntypes != 1)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any relations named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else if (showTables)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any tables named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else if (showIndexes)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any indexes named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else if (showViews)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any views named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else if (showMatViews)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any materialized views named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else if (showSeq)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any sequences named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else if (showForeign)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any foreign tables named \"%s\".", pattern);
+			else				/* should not get here */
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any ??? named \"%s\".", pattern);
+		}
 		else
-			pg_log_error("Did not find any relations.");
+		{
+			if (ntypes != 1)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any relations.");
+			else if (showTables)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any tables.");
+			else if (showIndexes)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any indexes.");
+			else if (showViews)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any views.");
+			else if (showMatViews)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any materialized views.");
+			else if (showSeq)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any sequences.");
+			else if (showForeign)
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any foreign tables.");
+			else				/* should not get here */
+				pg_log_error("Did not find any ??? relations.");
+		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		myopt.title = _("List of relations");
+		myopt.title =
+			(ntypes != 1) ? _("List of relations") :
+			(showTables) ? _("List of tables") :
+			(showIndexes) ? _("List of indexes") :
+			(showViews) ? _("List of views") :
+			(showMatViews) ? _("List of materialized views") :
+			(showSeq) ? _("List of sequences") :
+			(showForeign) ? _("List of foreign tables") :
+			"List of ???";		/* should not get here */
 		myopt.translate_header = true;
 		myopt.translate_columns = translate_columns;
 		myopt.n_translate_columns = lengthof(translate_columns);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/dependency.out b/src/test/regress/expected/dependency.out
index 74d9ff2998..75a078ada9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/dependency.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/dependency.out
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ FROM pg_type JOIN pg_class c ON typrelid = c.oid WHERE typname = 'deptest_t';
 RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;
 REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_dep_user1 TO regress_dep_user2;
 \dt deptest
-              List of relations
+                List of tables
  Schema |  Name   | Type  |       Owner       
 --------+---------+-------+-------------------
  public | deptest | table | regress_dep_user2
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out b/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
index e6f7b9013d..f9db4032e1 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
@@ -3027,7 +3027,7 @@ Access method: heap
 (4 rows)
 
 \dt+
-                                                  List of relations
+                                                    List of tables
      Schema      |     Name      | Type  |        Owner         | Persistence | Access method |  Size   | Description 
 -----------------+---------------+-------+----------------------+-------------+---------------+---------+-------------
  tableam_display | tbl_heap      | table | regress_display_role | permanent   | heap          | 0 bytes | 
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ Access method: heap
 (2 rows)
 
 \dm+
-                                                           List of relations
+                                                      List of materialized views
      Schema      |        Name        |       Type        |        Owner         | Persistence | Access method |  Size   | Description 
 -----------------+--------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------+---------------+---------+-------------
  tableam_display | mat_view_heap_psql | materialized view | regress_display_role | permanent   | heap_psql     | 0 bytes | 
@@ -3043,7 +3043,7 @@ Access method: heap
 
 -- But not for views and sequences.
 \dv+
-                                          List of relations
+                                            List of views
      Schema      |      Name      | Type |        Owner         | Persistence |  Size   | Description 
 -----------------+----------------+------+----------------------+-------------+---------+-------------
  tableam_display | view_heap_psql | view | regress_display_role | permanent   | 0 bytes | 
@@ -6244,7 +6244,7 @@ List of access methods
 (0 rows)
 
 \dt "no.such.table.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of tables
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
@@ -6316,31 +6316,31 @@ List of access methods
 (0 rows)
 
 \di "no.such.index.relation"
-          List of relations
+           List of indexes
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table 
 --------+------+------+-------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dm "no.such.materialized.view"
-      List of relations
+  List of materialized views
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \ds "no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+      List of sequences
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dt "no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of tables
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dv "no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of views
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
@@ -6474,7 +6474,7 @@ List of schemas
 \dA "no.such.schema"."no.such.access.method"
 improper qualified name (too many dotted names): "no.such.schema"."no.such.access.method"
 \dt "no.such.schema"."no.such.table.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of tables
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
@@ -6526,31 +6526,31 @@ improper qualified name (too many dotted names): "no.such.schema"."no.such.table
 (0 rows)
 
 \di "no.such.schema"."no.such.index.relation"
-          List of relations
+           List of indexes
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table 
 --------+------+------+-------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dm "no.such.schema"."no.such.materialized.view"
-      List of relations
+  List of materialized views
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \ds "no.such.schema"."no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+      List of sequences
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dt "no.such.schema"."no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of tables
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dv "no.such.schema"."no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of views
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
@@ -6641,7 +6641,7 @@ improper qualified name (too many dotted names): "no.such.schema"."no.such.insta
 improper qualified name (too many dotted names): "no.such.schema"."no.such.event.trigger"
 -- again, but with current database and dotted schema qualifications.
 \dt regression."no.such.schema"."no.such.table.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of tables
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
@@ -6677,31 +6677,31 @@ improper qualified name (too many dotted names): "no.such.schema"."no.such.event
 (0 rows)
 
 \di regression."no.such.schema"."no.such.index.relation"
-          List of relations
+           List of indexes
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table 
 --------+------+------+-------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dm regression."no.such.schema"."no.such.materialized.view"
-      List of relations
+  List of materialized views
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \ds regression."no.such.schema"."no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+      List of sequences
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dt regression."no.such.schema"."no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of tables
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)
 
 \dv regression."no.such.schema"."no.such.relation"
-      List of relations
+        List of views
  Schema | Name | Type | Owner 
 --------+------+------+-------
 (0 rows)