diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 69da4454d8..fa39b879ce 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ static int sockopt_callback(void *client, curl_socket_t fd, curlsocktype type)
 
 	rc = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, (void *)&ka, len);
 	if (rc < 0)
-		warning("unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE on socket %s",
-			strerror(errno));
+		warning_errno("unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE on socket");
 
 	return 0; /* CURL_SOCKOPT_OK only exists since curl 7.21.5 */
 }
@@ -1891,8 +1890,7 @@ struct http_object_request *new_http_object_request(const char *base_url,
 	}
 
 	if (freq->localfile < 0) {
-		error("Couldn't create temporary file %s: %s",
-		      freq->tmpfile, strerror(errno));
+		error_errno("Couldn't create temporary file %s", freq->tmpfile);
 		goto abort;
 	}
 
@@ -1937,8 +1935,8 @@ struct http_object_request *new_http_object_request(const char *base_url,
 			prev_posn = 0;
 			lseek(freq->localfile, 0, SEEK_SET);
 			if (ftruncate(freq->localfile, 0) < 0) {
-				error("Couldn't truncate temporary file %s: %s",
-					  freq->tmpfile, strerror(errno));
+				error_errno("Couldn't truncate temporary file %s",
+					    freq->tmpfile);
 				goto abort;
 			}
 		}