diff --git a/src/bin/coreutils.rs b/src/bin/coreutils.rs
index f81f40ff67b..84c7ff0ab85 100644
--- a/src/bin/coreutils.rs
+++ b/src/bin/coreutils.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::cmp;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::process;
-use uucore::Args;
+use uucore::{Args, error::strip_errno};
 
 const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Currently defined functions:
     if let Err(e) = writeln!(io::stdout(), "{s}")
         && e.kind() != io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe
     {
-        let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "coreutils: {e}");
+        let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "coreutils: {}", strip_errno(&e));
         process::exit(1);
     }
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fn main() {
                     if let Err(e) = writeln!(out, "{util}")
                         && e.kind() != io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe
                     {
-                        let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "coreutils: {e}");
+                        let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "coreutils: {}", strip_errno(&e));
                         process::exit(1);
                     }
                 }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ fn main() {
                 if let Err(e) = writeln!(io::stdout(), "coreutils {VERSION} (multi-call binary)")
                     && e.kind() != io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe
                 {
-                    let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "coreutils: {e}");
+                    let _ = writeln!(io::stderr(), "coreutils: {}", strip_errno(&e));
                     process::exit(1);
                 }
                 process::exit(0);