diff --git a/src/builtin_printf.cpp b/src/builtin_printf.cpp
index 3ec49dd8b..2d6a48b39 100644
--- a/src/builtin_printf.cpp
+++ b/src/builtin_printf.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,11 @@ void builtin_printf_state_t::append_format_output(const wchar_t *fmt, ...) {
 
 void builtin_printf_state_t::verify_numeric(const wchar_t *s, const wchar_t *end, int errcode) {
     if (errcode != 0) {
-        this->fatal_error(L"%ls: %s", s, strerror(errcode));
+        if (errcode == ERANGE) {
+            this->fatal_error(L"%ls: %ls", s, _(L"Number out of range"));
+        } else {
+            this->fatal_error(L"%ls: %s", s, strerror(errcode));
+        }
     } else if (*end) {
         if (s == end)
             this->fatal_error(_(L"%ls: expected a numeric value"), s);
diff --git a/tests/printf.err b/tests/printf.err
index e04bd0f0f..40686c8f9 100644
--- a/tests/printf.err
+++ b/tests/printf.err
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 2,34: value not completely converted
-0xABCDEF12345678901: Result too large
+0xABCDEF12345678901: Number out of range