Don't mind if the message is changed at all - this one kind of reminds me of a 
pre-recorded telephone operator - so if anyone has any suggestions...
diff -uNr 2.0/bin/emerge 2.0-patched/bin/emerge
--- 2.0/bin/emerge	2005-09-27 13:16:09.000000000 +0900
+++ 2.0-patched/bin/emerge	2005-09-28 00:15:21.000000000 +0900
@@ -1071,6 +1071,10 @@
 				elif not "--oneshot" in myopts:
 					myfavorites.append(mykey)
 			else:
+				if not portage.isvalidatom(x):
+					print ("\n\n!!! '%s' is an invalid atom." % x)
+					print "!!! Please check the syntax and try again."
+					print "!!! man 5 ebuild for specific details."
 				try:
 					mykey=portage.dep_expand(x,mydb=portage.portdb)
 				except ValueError, errpkgs:

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