1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index 557b3290a..e670d40ba 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ void bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)
                 if (!strerr)
                         fputs(msg_eol, stderr);
                 else
-                        fprintf(stderr, ": %s%s", strerr, msg_eol);
+                        fprintf(stderr, "%s%s%s",
+                                        s ? ": " : "",
+                                        strerr, msg_eol);
         }
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SYSLOG && (logmode & LOGMODE_SYSLOG)) {
                 if (!strerr)