diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b9953bec9..0a73557abf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Feb 5 17:03:35 +0100 2009 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	don't include raw errno in diagnostics
+	* src/uml_driver.c (umlStartVMDaemon): Don't print raw errno value.
+	* qemud/remote.c (remoteDispatchAuthSaslInit): Likewise.
+
 Thu Feb 5 17:03:35 +0100 2009 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	qemud.c: use virStrerror, not strerror
diff --git a/qemud/remote.c b/qemud/remote.c
index d064d61930..2e0c48e9ad 100644
--- a/qemud/remote.c
+++ b/qemud/remote.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * remote.c: code handling remote requests (from remote_internal.c)
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -2572,8 +2572,8 @@ remoteDispatchAuthSaslInit (struct qemud_server *server,
     salen = sizeof(sa);
     if (getsockname(client->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sa, &salen) < 0) {
         remoteDispatchFormatError(rerr,
-                                  _("failed to get sock address %d (%s)"),
-                                  errno, strerror(errno));
+                                  _("failed to get sock address: %s"),
+                                  strerror(errno));
         goto error;
     }
     if ((localAddr = addrToString(rerr, &sa, salen)) == NULL) {
@@ -2583,8 +2583,8 @@ remoteDispatchAuthSaslInit (struct qemud_server *server,
     /* Get remote address in form  IPADDR:PORT */
     salen = sizeof(sa);
     if (getpeername(client->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sa, &salen) < 0) {
-        remoteDispatchFormatError(rerr, _("failed to get peer address %d (%s)"),
-                                  errno, strerror(errno));
+        remoteDispatchFormatError(rerr, _("failed to get peer address: %s"),
+                                  strerror(errno));
         VIR_FREE(localAddr);
         goto error;
     }
diff --git a/src/uml_driver.c b/src/uml_driver.c
index 1d1240694e..0fe2fac4f5 100644
--- a/src/uml_driver.c
+++ b/src/uml_driver.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * uml_driver.c: core driver methods for managing UML guests
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Daniel P. Berrange
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -791,26 +791,26 @@ static int umlStartVMDaemon(virConnectPtr conn,
     tmp = progenv;
     while (*tmp) {
         if (safewrite(logfd, *tmp, strlen(*tmp)) < 0)
-            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write envv to logfile %d: %s\n"),
-                   errno, strerror(errno));
+            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write envv to logfile: %s\n"),
+                   strerror(errno));
         if (safewrite(logfd, " ", 1) < 0)
-            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write envv to logfile %d: %s\n"),
-                   errno, strerror(errno));
+            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write envv to logfile: %s\n"),
+                   strerror(errno));
         tmp++;
     }
     tmp = argv;
     while (*tmp) {
         if (safewrite(logfd, *tmp, strlen(*tmp)) < 0)
-            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write argv to logfile %d: %s\n"),
-                   errno, strerror(errno));
+            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write argv to logfile: %s\n"),
+                   strerror(errno));
         if (safewrite(logfd, " ", 1) < 0)
-            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write argv to logfile %d: %s\n"),
-                   errno, strerror(errno));
+            umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write argv to logfile: %s\n"),
+                   strerror(errno));
         tmp++;
     }
     if (safewrite(logfd, "\n", 1) < 0)
-        umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write argv to logfile %d: %s\n"),
-                 errno, strerror(errno));
+        umlLog(VIR_LOG_WARN, _("Unable to write argv to logfile: %s\n"),
+                 strerror(errno));
 
     vm->monitor = -1;