diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 2fffa434a5..88c92e82d1 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ static int fsck_tag_buffer(struct tag *tag, const char *data,
 	}
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "refs/tags/%.*s", (int)(eol - buffer), buffer);
 	if (check_refname_format(sb.buf, 0))
-		error_func(&tag->object, FSCK_WARN, "invalid 'tag' name: %s", buffer);
+		error_func(&tag->object, FSCK_WARN, "invalid 'tag' name: %.*s",
+			   (int)(eol - buffer), buffer);
 	buffer = eol + 1;
 
 	if (!skip_prefix(buffer, "tagger ", &buffer))
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index 1b96b4045b..7850607783 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -209,8 +209,12 @@ test_expect_success 'tag with incorrect tag name & missing tagger' '
 	echo $tag >.git/refs/tags/wrong &&
 	test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/tags/wrong" &&
 	git fsck --tags 2>out &&
-	grep "invalid .tag. name" out &&
-	grep "expected .tagger. line" out
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	warning in tag $tag: invalid '\''tag'\'' name: wrong name format
+	warning in tag $tag: invalid format - expected '\''tagger'\'' line
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect out
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'cleaned up' '