diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
index 836bc87daa48..810cf59da0c4 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	build_iovec(&iov, &iovlen, "errmsg", errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
 
 	if (nmount(iov, iovlen, 0))
-		err(1, "%s, %s", mntpath, errmsg);
+		err(1, "nmount: %s%s%s", mntpath, errmsg[0] ? ", " : "",
+		    errmsg);
 
 	exit(0);
 }