diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index 8fabd68a1..75220082b 100755
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -1096,11 +1096,11 @@ class Boss:
                 s.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
             s.close()
 
-    def display_scrollback(self, window: Window, data: Union[bytes, str], input_line_number: int = 0, title: str = '') -> None:
+    def display_scrollback(self, window: Window, data: Union[bytes, str], input_line_number: int = 0, title: str = '', report_cursor: bool = True) -> None:
         def prepare_arg(x: str) -> str:
             x = x.replace('INPUT_LINE_NUMBER', str(input_line_number))
-            x = x.replace('CURSOR_LINE', str(window.screen.cursor.y + 1))
-            x = x.replace('CURSOR_COLUMN', str(window.screen.cursor.x + 1))
+            x = x.replace('CURSOR_LINE', str(window.screen.cursor.y + 1) if report_cursor else '0')
+            x = x.replace('CURSOR_COLUMN', str(window.screen.cursor.x + 1) if report_cursor else '0')
             return x
 
         cmd = list(map(prepare_arg, get_options().scrollback_pager))
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ class Boss:
         w = self.active_window
         if w:
             output = '\n'.join(f'{k}={v}' for k, v in os.environ.items())
-            self.display_scrollback(w, output, title=_('Current kitty env vars'))
+            self.display_scrollback(w, output, title=_('Current kitty env vars'), report_cursor=False)
 
     def open_file(self, path: str) -> None:
         if path == ":cocoa::application launched::":
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ class Boss:
             output = debug_config(get_options())
             set_clipboard_string(re.sub(r'\x1b.+?m', '', output))
             output += '\n\x1b[35mThis debug output has been copied to the clipboard\x1b[m'
-            self.display_scrollback(w, output, title=_('Current kitty options'))
+            self.display_scrollback(w, output, title=_('Current kitty options'), report_cursor=False)
 
     @ac('misc', 'Discard this event completely ignoring it')
     def discard_event(self) -> None:
diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index f40516feb..d137f274e 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ passed as STDIN to this program. If you change it, make sure the program you use
 can handle ANSI escape sequences for colors and text formatting.
 INPUT_LINE_NUMBER in the command line above will be replaced by an integer
 representing which line should be at the top of the screen. Similarly
-CURSOR_LINE and CURSOR_COLUMN will be replaced by the current cursor position.
+CURSOR_LINE and CURSOR_COLUMN will be replaced by the current cursor position or
+set to 0 if there is no cursor, for example, when showing the last command output.
 '''
     )
 
diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index a9888d66a..48b804f9b 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class Window:
         strings: List[str] = []
         self.screen.dump_lines_with_attrs(strings.append)
         text = ''.join(strings)
-        get_boss().display_scrollback(self, text, title='Dump of lines')
+        get_boss().display_scrollback(self, text, title='Dump of lines', report_cursor=False)
 
     def write_to_child(self, data: Union[str, bytes]) -> None:
         if data:
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ class Window:
     def show_last_command_output(self) -> None:
         text = self.last_cmd_output(as_ansi=True, add_wrap_markers=True)
         text = text.replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n')
-        get_boss().display_scrollback(self, text, title='Last command output')
+        get_boss().display_scrollback(self, text, title='Last command output', report_cursor=False)
 
     def paste_bytes(self, text: Union[str, bytes]) -> None:
         # paste raw bytes without any processing