diff --git a/src/client/screen.c b/src/client/screen.c
index e8fa75f..d3842ac 100644
--- a/src/client/screen.c
+++ b/src/client/screen.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void msg(int attr, const char *fmt, ...)
     va_start(ap, fmt);
     r = vmsg(attr, SML, fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
-    if (r) vmsg(C_ERR, SML, "msg(): output truncated\n", NULL);
+    if (r) msgn(C_ERR, SML, "msg(): output truncated\n");
 }
 
 void msgn(int attr, int size, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void msgn(int attr, int size, const char *fmt, ...)
     va_start(ap, fmt);
     r = vmsg(attr, size, fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
-    if (r) vmsg(C_ERR, SML, "msgn(): output truncated\n", NULL);
+    if (r) msgn(C_ERR, SML, "msgn(): output truncated\n");
 }
 
 int screen_shut()