diff --git a/LinkRelay/config.py b/LinkRelay/config.py
index 4ef5a0a..444c5d6 100644
--- a/LinkRelay/config.py
+++ b/LinkRelay/config.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ conf.registerChannelValue(LinkRelay, 'includeNetwork',
 conf.registerGroup(LinkRelay, 'nickstoIgnore')
 conf.registerChannelValue(LinkRelay.nickstoIgnore, 'nicks',
     registry.SpaceSeparatedListOfStrings('', _("""Determines a list of nicks for the bot to
-    ignore.""")))
+    ignore (takes a space-seperated list).""")))
 conf.registerChannelValue(LinkRelay.nickstoIgnore, 'affectPrivmsgs',
     registry.Boolean(True, _("""Determines whether the bot will ignore PRIVMSGs
     from the nicks listed in nicksToIgnore. If set to False, the bot will only
diff --git a/LinkRelay/plugin.py b/LinkRelay/plugin.py
index cf73968..351a87c 100644
--- a/LinkRelay/plugin.py
+++ b/LinkRelay/plugin.py
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ class LinkRelay(callbacks.Plugin):
         """takes no arguments
 
         Returns all the defined relay links"""
-        if not self.relays:
+        if irc.nested:
+            irc.error('This command cannot be nested.', Raise=True)
+        elif not self.relays:
             irc.reply(_('This is no relay enabled. Use "linkrelay add" to '
                 'add one.'))
             return
@@ -378,6 +380,8 @@ class LinkRelay(callbacks.Plugin):
         Returns the nicks of the people in the linked channels.
         <channel> is only necessary if the message
         isn't sent on the channel itself."""
+        if irc.nested:
+            irc.error('This command cannot be nested.', Raise=True)
         for relay in self.relays:
             if relay.sourceChannel == channel and \
                     relay.sourceNetwork == irc.network: