diff --git a/scripts/validate_pr.py b/scripts/validate_pr.py
index 7932c84ee..127a38558 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_pr.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_pr.py
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ class ValidationResult:
         lines = [f"### {status} `{self.filename}`"]
         lines.append("")
         lines.append(f"- **Path**: `{self.filepath}`")
-        lines.append(f"- **Size**: {self.size:,} bytes")
-        lines.append(f"- **SHA1**: `{self.sha1}`")
-        lines.append(f"- **MD5**: `{self.md5}`")
-        lines.append(f"- **CRC32**: `{self.crc32}`")
+        # A path refused before it was read has no size or digest to show:
+        # empty fields read as an empty file contributed.
+        if self.sha1:
+            lines.append(f"- **Size**: {self.size:,} bytes")
+            lines.append(f"- **SHA1**: `{self.sha1}`")
+            lines.append(f"- **MD5**: `{self.md5}`")
+            lines.append(f"- **CRC32**: `{self.crc32}`")
         lines.append("")
 
         for status_str, message in self.checks:
@@ -293,7 +296,9 @@ def validate_file(
         return result
 
     if not os.path.exists(filepath):
-        result.add_check(False, f"File not found: {filepath}")
+        result.add_check(False, f"File not found: {filepath}. A path is read from the folder "
+                                "the command runs in, or pass --changed to check the files "
+                                "changed under bios/")
         return result
 
     if not os.path.isfile(filepath):
@@ -670,9 +675,10 @@ def main() -> None:
         for r in results:
             status = "PASS" if r.passed else "FAIL"
             print(f"\n[{status}] {r.filepath}")
-            print(f"  SHA1: {r.sha1}")
-            print(f"  MD5:  {r.md5}")
-            print(f"  Size: {r.size:,}")
+            if r.sha1:
+                print(f"  SHA1: {r.sha1}")
+                print(f"  MD5:  {r.md5}")
+                print(f"  Size: {r.size:,}")
             for s, m in r.checks:
                 marker = (
                     "ok"
diff --git a/tests/test_validate_pr.py b/tests/test_validate_pr.py
index b5acf0c59..9a14257f7 100644
--- a/tests/test_validate_pr.py
+++ b/tests/test_validate_pr.py
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ class FileShapeChecks(_Fixture):
         self.assertFalse(result.passed)
         self.assertEqual(result.sha1, "")
 
+    def test_a_path_never_read_shows_no_digest(self):
+        """Empty Size, SHA1, MD5 and CRC32 lines read as an empty file contributed."""
+        result = validate_pr.validate_file("bios/nope.bin", None, EMPTY_HASHES)
+        markdown = result.to_markdown()
+        for label in ("**Size**", "**SHA1**", "**MD5**", "**CRC32**"):
+            self.assertNotIn(label, markdown)
+        self.assertIn("--changed", markdown)
+
     def test_empty_file_fails(self):
         rel = self._bios_file("bios/Sony/PS/empty.bin", b"")
         result = validate_pr.validate_file(rel, None, EMPTY_HASHES)