1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index af2fd9fd4..74a704c8f 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -330,16 +330,12 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         /* non-field (char or byte) cutting has some special handling */
         if (!(opt & (OPT_FIELDS|OPT_REGEX))) {
-                static const char _op_on_field[] ALIGN1 = " makes sense only with -f"IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(" or -F");
-
-                if (opt & OPT_SUPPRESS) {
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die
-                                ("-s%s", _op_on_field);
-                }
-                if (opt & OPT_DELIM) {
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die
-                                ("-d DELIM%s", _op_on_field);
-                }
+                static const char requires_f[] ALIGN1 = " requires -f"
+                                        IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(" or -F");
+                if (opt & OPT_SUPPRESS)
+                        bb_error_msg_and_die("-s%s", requires_f);
+                if (opt & OPT_DELIM)
+                        bb_error_msg_and_die("-d DELIM%s", requires_f);
         }
 
         /*