diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 38df18daeb2..0131bae910d 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ sed -i -e "s/ginstall: creating directory/install: creating directory/g" tests/i
 "${SED}" -i -Ez "s/\n([^\n#]*pad-3\.2[^\n]*)\n([^\n]*)\n([^\n]*)/\n# uutils\/numfmt supports padding = LONG_MIN\n#\1\n#\2\n#\3/" tests/misc/numfmt.pl
 
 # Update the GNU error message to match the one generated by clap
-sed -i -e "s/\$prog: multiple field specifications/error: The argument '--field <FIELDS>' was provided more than once, but cannot be used multiple times\n\nUsage: numfmt [OPTION]... [NUMBER]...\n\n\nFor more information try '--help'/g" tests/misc/numfmt.pl
+sed -i -e "s/\$prog: multiple field specifications/error: the argument '--field <FIELDS>' cannot be used multiple times\n\nUsage: numfmt [OPTION]... [NUMBER]...\n\nFor more information, try '--help'./g" tests/misc/numfmt.pl
 sed -i -e "s/Try 'mv --help' for more information/For more information, try '--help'/g" -e "s/mv: missing file operand/error: the following required arguments were not provided:\n  <files>...\n\nUsage: mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST\n       mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY\n       mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...\n/g" -e "s/mv: missing destination file operand after 'no-file'/error: The argument '<files>...' requires at least 2 values, but only 1 was provided\n\nUsage: mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST\n       mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY\n       mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...\n/g" tests/mv/diag.sh
 
 # our error message is better