diff --git a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
index 1edb2fb2..f9604469 100644
--- a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
+++ b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     this.focusHandler = () => {
       this.refs.list.focus()
     }
+    this.alertIfSnippetHnalder = () => {
+      this.alertIfSnippet()
+    }
 
     this.state = {
     }
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     ee.on('list:next', this.selectNextNoteHandler)
     ee.on('list:prior', this.selectPriorNoteHandler)
     ee.on('list:focus', this.focusHandler)
+    ee.on('list:isMarkdownNote', this.alertIfSnippetHnalder)
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     ee.off('list:next', this.selectNextNoteHandler)
     ee.off('list:prior', this.selectPriorNoteHandler)
     ee.off('list:focus', this.focusHandler)
+    ee.off('list:isMarkdownNote', this.alertIfSnippetHnalder)
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
@@ -305,6 +310,20 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     })
   }
 
+  alertIfSnippet() {
+    let { location } = this.props
+    let targetIndex = _.findIndex(this.notes, (note) => {
+      return note.storage + '-' + note.key === location.query.key
+    })
+    if (this.notes[targetIndex].type === 'SNIPPET_NOTE') {
+      dialog.showMessageBox(remote.getCurrentWindow(), {
+        type: 'warning',
+        message: 'Sorry!',
+        detail: 'md/text import is available only a markdown note.'
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
   render () {
     let { location, notes, config } = this.props
     let sortFunc = config.sortBy === 'CREATED_AT'
diff --git a/lib/main-menu.js b/lib/main-menu.js
index 9ae151ea..9a95fe1d 100644
--- a/lib/main-menu.js
+++ b/lib/main-menu.js
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ var file = {
         {
           label: 'Plain Text (.txt)',
           click () {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('list:isMarkdownNote')
             mainWindow.webContents.send('export:save-text')
           }
         },
         {
           label: 'MarkDown (.md)',
           click () {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('list:isMarkdownNote')
             mainWindow.webContents.send('export:save-md')
           }
         }