diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index a9bbc8985ea..4ce50c30775 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -2918,7 +2918,7 @@ create_xlog_or_symlink(void)
 			exit_nicely();
 		}
 #else
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: symlinks are not supported on this platform"));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: symlinks are not supported on this platform\n"), progname);
 		exit_nicely();
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index 20c7a830782..ba138062768 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			disconnect_and_exit(1);
 		}
 #else
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: symlinks are not supported on this platform\n"));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: symlinks are not supported on this platform\n"), progname);
 		disconnect_and_exit(1);
 #endif
 		free(linkloc);