4 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mandoc.h b/mandoc.h
index e1d6ed49..3cafca1b 100644
--- a/mandoc.h
+++ b/mandoc.h
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ enum	mandocerr {
 	/* related to request and macro arguments */
 	MANDOCERR_NAMESC, /* escaped character not allowed in a name */
 	MANDOCERR_ARGCOUNT, /* argument count wrong */
+	MANDOCERR_BL_NOTYPE, /* missing list type, using -item */
 	MANDOCERR_NM_NONAME, /* missing manual name, using "" */
+	MANDOCERR_OS_UNAME, /* uname(3) system call failed, using UNKNOWN */
 	MANDOCERR_ST_BAD, /* unknown standard specifier: standard */
-	MANDOCERR_UNAME, /* uname(3) system call failed */
-	MANDOCERR_NUMERIC, /* request requires a numeric argument */
-	MANDOCERR_BL_NOTYPE, /* missing list type, using -item */
+	MANDOCERR_IT_NONUM, /* skipping request without numeric argument */
 	MANDOCERR_ARG_SKIP, /* skipping all arguments: macro args */
 	MANDOCERR_ARG_EXCESS, /* skipping excess arguments: macro ... args */
 
diff --git a/mdoc_validate.c b/mdoc_validate.c
index 37236293..e5d10bc0 100644
--- a/mdoc_validate.c
+++ b/mdoc_validate.c
@@ -2376,7 +2376,8 @@ post_os(POST_ARGS)
 #else /*!OSNAME */
 	if (NULL == defbuf) {
 		if (-1 == uname(&utsname)) {
-			mdoc_nmsg(mdoc, n, MANDOCERR_UNAME);
+			mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_OS_UNAME, mdoc->parse,
+			    n->line, n->pos, "Os");
 			defbuf = mandoc_strdup("UNKNOWN");
 		} else
 			mandoc_asprintf(&defbuf, "%s %s",
diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
index 0292b645..1788c40f 100644
--- a/read.c
+++ b/read.c
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ static	const char * const	mandocerrs[MANDOCERR_MAX] = {
 	/* related to request and macro arguments */
 	"escaped character not allowed in a name",
 	"argument count wrong",
+	"missing list type, using -item",
 	"missing manual name, using \"\"",
+	"uname(3) system call failed, using UNKNOWN",
 	"unknown standard specifier",
-	"uname(3) system call failed",
-	"request requires a numeric argument",
-	"missing list type, using -item",
+	"skipping request without numeric argument",
 	"skipping all arguments",
 	"skipping excess arguments",
 
diff --git a/roff.c b/roff.c
index 83b30d27..fe26c1fe 100644
--- a/roff.c
+++ b/roff.c
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ roff_it(ROFF_ARGS)
 	len = strcspn(cp, " \t");
 	cp[len] = '\0';
 	if ((iv = mandoc_strntoi(cp, len, 10)) <= 0) {
-		mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_NUMERIC, r->parse,
+		mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_IT_NONUM, r->parse,
 		    ln, ppos, *bufp + 1);
 		return(ROFF_IGN);
 	}