diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index 9546653..18e9b80 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
 		char pn[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 
 		addr_to_str(&listener->rx.addr, pn, sizeof(pn));
-		snprintf(errmsg, errlen, "[%s:%d]: %s", pn, get_host_port(&listener->rx.addr), msg->area);
+		snprintf(errmsg, errlen, "%s for [%s:%d]", msg->area, pn, get_host_port(&listener->rx.addr));
 	}
 	free_trash_chunk(msg);
 	msg = NULL;