diff --git a/uname.c b/uname.c
index 2781b80..e7e9ff3 100644
--- a/uname.c
+++ b/uname.c
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@
 		toprint = PRINT_SYSNAME;
 
 	if (uname(&name) == -1)
-		perror("cannot get system name");
+		perror_msg("cannot get system name");
 
 #if defined (HAVE_SYSINFO) && defined (SI_ARCHITECTURE)
 	if (sysinfo(SI_ARCHITECTURE, processor, sizeof(processor)) == -1)
-		perror("cannot get processor type");
+		perror_msg("cannot get processor type");
 }
 
 #else