diff --git a/src/sed/script_line_provider.rs b/src/sed/script_line_provider.rs
index 5835d10e..cf945b3d 100644
--- a/src/sed/script_line_provider.rs
+++ b/src/sed/script_line_provider.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ enum State {
         input_name: String,       // Input description (path or script string)
         line_number: usize,       // Current line number
     },
-    Done, // All scripts have been processed
+    // All scripts have been processed; keeps the last position for errors
+    // raised at the end of the script.
+    Done {
+        input_name: String,
+        line_number: usize,
+    },
 }
 
 impl ScriptLineProvider {
@@ -55,16 +60,18 @@ impl ScriptLineProvider {
     /// Return the currently processed script line number.
     pub fn get_line_number(&self) -> usize {
         match &self.state {
-            State::Active { line_number, .. } => *line_number,
-            _ => 0,
+            State::Active { line_number, .. } | State::Done { line_number, .. } => *line_number,
+            State::NotStarted => 0,
         }
     }
 
     /// Return the currently processed script descriptive name.
     pub fn get_input_name(&self) -> &str {
         match &self.state {
-            State::Active { input_name, .. } => input_name.as_str(),
-            _ => "",
+            State::Active { input_name, .. } | State::Done { input_name, .. } => {
+                input_name.as_str()
+            }
+            State::NotStarted => "",
         }
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ impl ScriptLineProvider {
                         return Ok(Some(line));
                     }
                 }
-                State::Done => {
+                State::Done { .. } => {
                     return Ok(None);
                 }
             };
@@ -108,7 +115,10 @@ impl ScriptLineProvider {
     // Move to the next available script source.
     fn advance_source(&mut self, next_index: usize) -> UResult<()> {
         if next_index >= self.sources.len() {
-            self.state = State::Done;
+            self.state = State::Done {
+                input_name: self.get_input_name().to_string(),
+                line_number: self.get_line_number(),
+            };
             return Ok(());
         }
 
@@ -151,7 +161,14 @@ impl fmt::Debug for State {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             State::NotStarted => f.debug_struct("NotStarted").finish(),
-            State::Done => f.debug_struct("Done").finish(),
+            State::Done {
+                input_name,
+                line_number,
+            } => f
+                .debug_struct("Done")
+                .field("input_name", input_name)
+                .field("line_number", line_number)
+                .finish(),
             State::Active {
                 index,
                 input_name,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sed.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sed.rs
index c604c5a4..e3a31383 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sed.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sed.rs
@@ -2487,7 +2487,39 @@ fn test_incomplete_test_command_posix() {
         .args(&["--posix", "i\\"])
         .fails()
         .code_is(1)
-        .stderr_is("sed: :0:3: error: incomplete command\n");
+        .stderr_is("sed: <script argument 1>:1:3: error: incomplete command\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_error_at_end_of_script_keeps_its_position() {
+    // The script is exhausted when the error is found: report its last line,
+    // as GNU sed does ("-e expression #1").
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["s/a/b\\"])
+        .fails()
+        .code_is(1)
+        .stderr_is(
+            "sed: <script argument 1>:1:7: error: unterminated substitute replacement (unexpected EOF)\n",
+        );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_error_at_end_of_script_file_keeps_its_position() {
+    // The replacement on the last line of a script file runs past its end:
+    // report that file and line.
+    let mut script = NamedTempFile::new().expect("create temporary sed script");
+    script
+        .write_all(b"p\n$!d\ns/one/two\\")
+        .expect("write temporary sed script");
+    let script_path = script.path().to_str().expect("temporary path is UTF-8");
+
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-f", script_path])
+        .fails()
+        .code_is(1)
+        .stderr_is(format!(
+            "sed: {script_path}:3:11: error: unterminated substitute replacement (unexpected EOF)\n"
+        ));
 }
 
 #[test]