diff --git a/tests/server/socksd.c b/tests/server/socksd.c
index 21245a3f9c..071b4d25d8 100644
--- a/tests/server/socksd.c
+++ b/tests/server/socksd.c
@@ -1017,8 +1017,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         unix_socket = argv[arg];
         if(strlen(unix_socket) >= sizeof(sau.sun_path)) {
           fprintf(stderr,
-                  "socksd: socket path must be shorter than %zu chars\n",
-              sizeof(sau.sun_path));
+                  "socksd: socket path must be shorter than %zu chars: %s\n",
+              sizeof(sau.sun_path), unix_socket);
           return 0;
         }
         socket_domain = AF_UNIX;
diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index ffab44c783..001972cd9a 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -2030,8 +2030,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef USE_UNIX_SOCKETS
         unix_socket = argv[arg];
         if(strlen(unix_socket) >= sizeof(me.sau.sun_path)) {
-          fprintf(stderr, "sws: socket path must be shorter than %zu chars\n",
-                  sizeof(me.sau.sun_path));
+          fprintf(stderr,
+                  "sws: socket path must be shorter than %zu chars: %s\n",
+                  sizeof(me.sau.sun_path), unix_socket);
           return 0;
         }
         socket_type = "unix";