diff --git a/i18n/en.json b/i18n/en.json
index 567f72c..c84dba3 100644
--- a/i18n/en.json
+++ b/i18n/en.json
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 	"apihelp-query+extracts-param-sectionformat": "How to format sections in plaintext mode:\n;plain:No formatting.\n;wiki:Wikitext-style formatting (== like this ==).\n;raw:This module's internal representation (section titles prefixed with <ASCII 1><ASCII 2><section level><ASCII 2><ASCII 1>).",
 	"apihelp-query+extracts-example-1": "Get a 175-character extract",
 	"apiwarn-textextracts-limit": "<var>exlimit</var> was too large for a whole article extracts request, lowered to $1.",
-	"apiwarn-textextracts-unsupportedmodel": "$1 has content model $2, which is not supported; returning an empty extract."
+	"apiwarn-textextracts-unsupportedmodel": "$1 has content model $2, which is not supported; returning an empty extract.",
+	"apiwarn-textextracts-title-in-file-namespace": "Extract for a title in File namespace was requested, none returned."
 }
diff --git a/i18n/qqq.json b/i18n/qqq.json
index 66c2d1b..8b86f0e 100644
--- a/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 	"apihelp-query+extracts-param-sectionformat": "{{doc-apihelp-param|query+extracts|sectionformat}}",
 	"apihelp-query+extracts-example-1": "{{doc-apihelp-example|query+extracts}}",
 	"apiwarn-textextracts-limit": "{{doc-apierror}}\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Limit that will be used",
-	"apiwarn-textextracts-unsupportedmodel": "{{doc-apierror}}\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Page title\n* $2 - Content model"
+	"apiwarn-textextracts-unsupportedmodel": "{{doc-apierror}}\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Page title\n* $2 - Content model",
+	"apiwarn-textextracts-title-in-file-namespace": "{{doc-apierror}}\n\nWarning message displayed when an extract for a title in File namespace is requested."
 }
diff --git a/includes/ApiQueryExtracts.php b/includes/ApiQueryExtracts.php
index 2a84bae..04e833e 100644
--- a/includes/ApiQueryExtracts.php
+++ b/includes/ApiQueryExtracts.php
@@ -90,16 +90,23 @@ class ApiQueryExtracts extends ApiQueryBase {
 			$titles = array_slice( $titles, $continue, null, true );
 		}
 		$count = 0;
+		$titleInFileNamespace = false;
 		/** @var Title $t */
 		foreach ( $titles as $id => $t ) {
 			if ( ++$count > $limit ) {
 				$this->setContinueEnumParameter( 'continue', $continue + $count - 1 );
 				break;
 			}
-			$text = $this->getExtract( $t );
-			$text = $this->truncate( $text );
-			if ( $this->params['plaintext'] ) {
-				$text = $this->doSections( $text );
+
+			if ( $t->inNamespace( NS_FILE ) ) {
+				$text = '';
+				$titleInFileNamespace = true;
+			} else {
+				$text = $this->getExtract( $t );
+				$text = $this->truncate( $text );
+				if ( $this->params['plaintext'] ) {
+					$text = $this->doSections( $text );
+				}
 			}
 
 			if ( $isXml ) {
@@ -112,6 +119,9 @@ class ApiQueryExtracts extends ApiQueryBase {
 				break;
 			}
 		}
+		if ( $titleInFileNamespace ) {
+			$this->addWarning( 'apiwarn-textextracts-title-in-file-namespace' );
+		}
 	}
 
 	public function getCacheMode( $params ) {