diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/x509/x509_test.go b/src/pkg/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
index b7b50c9c3a8..b431ec43588 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/x509/x509_test.go
@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ func TestParseCertificateWithDsaPublicKey(t *testing.T) {
 	pemBlock, _ := pem.Decode([]byte(dsaCertPem))
 	cert, err := ParseCertificate(pemBlock.Bytes)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("Failed to parse certificate: %s", err)
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse certificate: %s", err)
 	}
 	if cert.PublicKeyAlgorithm != DSA {
 		t.Errorf("Parsed key algorithm was not DSA")
 	}
 	parsedKey, ok := cert.PublicKey.(*dsa.PublicKey)
 	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("Parsed key was not a DSA key: %s", err)
+		t.Fatalf("Parsed key was not a DSA key: %s", err)
 	}
 	if expectedKey.Y.Cmp(parsedKey.Y) != 0 ||
 		expectedKey.P.Cmp(parsedKey.P) != 0 ||
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/os_test.go b/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
index 51ea8189e79..b06d57b8519 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func smallReaddirnames(file *File, length int, t *testing.T) []string {
 			t.Fatalf("readdirnames %q failed: %v", file.Name(), err)
 		}
 		if len(d) == 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("readdirnames %q returned empty slice and no error")
+			t.Fatalf("readdirnames %q returned empty slice and no error", file.Name())
 		}
 		names[count] = d[0]
 		count++