diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
index 6c4e47c3ea33..d7a8a31121d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ makeCWrapper() {
                 cmd=$(setEnv "${params[n + 1]}" "${params[n + 2]}")
                 main="$main    $cmd"$'\n'
                 n=$((n + 2))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper: $p takes 2 arguments"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 2 arguments"
             ;;
             --set-default)
                 cmd=$(setDefaultEnv "${params[n + 1]}" "${params[n + 2]}")
                 main="$main    $cmd"$'\n'
                 n=$((n + 2))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper:  $p takes 2 arguments"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 2 arguments"
             ;;
             --unset)
                 cmd=$(unsetEnv "${params[n + 1]}")
                 main="$main    $cmd"$'\n'
                 n=$((n + 1))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper:  $p takes 1 argument"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 1 argument"
             ;;
             --prefix)
                 cmd=$(setEnvPrefix "${params[n + 1]}" "${params[n + 2]}" "${params[n + 3]}")
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ makeCWrapper() {
                 uses_prefix=1
                 uses_concat3=1
                 n=$((n + 3))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper:  $p takes 3 arguments"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 3 arguments"
             ;;
             --suffix)
                 cmd=$(setEnvSuffix "${params[n + 1]}" "${params[n + 2]}" "${params[n + 3]}")
@@ -75,21 +75,21 @@ makeCWrapper() {
                 uses_suffix=1
                 uses_concat3=1
                 n=$((n + 3))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper:  $p takes 3 arguments"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 3 arguments"
             ;;
             --add-flags)
                 flags="${params[n + 1]}"
                 flagsBefore="$flagsBefore $flags"
                 n=$((n + 1))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper:  $p takes 1 argument"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 1 argument"
             ;;
             --argv0)
                 argv0=$(escapeStringLiteral "${params[n + 1]}")
                 n=$((n + 1))
-                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeBinaryWrapper:  $p takes 1 argument"
+                [ $n -ge "$length" ] && printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: $p takes 1 argument"
             ;;
             *) # Using an error macro, we will make sure the compiler gives an understandable error message
-                printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper did not understand argument ${p}"
+                printf '%s\n' "    #error makeCWrapper: Unknown argument '$p'"
             ;;
         esac
     done