diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index c1084aaf8db..148e8e132db 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		|| numWorkers > MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS
 #endif
 		)
-		exit_horribly(NULL, "%s: invalid number of parallel jobs\n", progname);
+		exit_horribly(NULL, "invalid number of parallel jobs\n");
 
 	/* Parallel backup only in the directory archive format so far */
 	if (archiveFormat != archDirectory && numWorkers > 1)