diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fac8d359..b7a3290a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-06-02  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* libmisc/xmalloc.c: Harmonize message.
+
 2011-06-02  Peter Vrabec  <pvrabec@redhat.com>
 
 	* libmisc/find_new_uid.c, libmisc/find_new_gid.c: Add missing
diff --git a/libmisc/xmalloc.c b/libmisc/xmalloc.c
index 665de65c..41a3343c 100644
--- a/libmisc/xmalloc.c
+++ b/libmisc/xmalloc.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #ident "$Id$"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "defines.h"
 #include "prototypes.h"
 
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@
 
 	ptr = (char *) malloc (size);
 	if (NULL == ptr) {
-		(void) fprintf (stderr, _("malloc(%d) failed\n"), (int) size);
+		(void) fprintf (stderr,
+		                _("%s: failed to allocate memory: %s\n"),
+		                Prog, strerror (errno));
 		exit (13);
 	}
 	return ptr;