1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index eb53fa490..2cc238439 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    Copyright 1999 Dave Cinege
    Portions copyright (C) 1990-1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-   Licensed under GPL v2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+   Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
 */
 
 /* Usage: printf format [argument...]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int multiconvert(const char *arg, void *result, converter convert)
         errno = 0;
         convert(arg, result);
         if (errno) {
-                bb_error_msg("%s: invalid number", arg);
+                bb_error_msg("invalid number '%s'", arg);
                 return 1;
         }
         return 0;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int get_width_prec(const char *str)
 {
         int v = bb_strtoi(str, NULL, 10);
         if (errno) {
-                bb_error_msg("%s: invalid number", str);
+                bb_error_msg("invalid number '%s'", str);
                 v = 0;
         }
         return v;