diff --git a/lib/InteractiveOptions.ts b/lib/InteractiveOptions.ts
index 6e405d6..5b126d7 100644
--- a/lib/InteractiveOptions.ts
+++ b/lib/InteractiveOptions.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ export class InteractiveOptions extends Persistent {
       || opt.type === 'number'
     ) {
       const value = await new Input ({
-        message: opt.message,
+        message: typeof opt.message === 'undefined'
+          ? `input ${opt.name}`
+          : opt.message,
         default: opt.default
       })
         .run ();