diff --git a/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c b/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c
index 8c414d52f2fa8a4e04523b41d105e65226429545..c903b5ba3e7edc9906fb87cfb92ed0ed48b13ec0 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ BOOL read_node_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, char* error)
 	strcpy(fname,"node.cnf");
 	sprintf(str,"%s%s",cfg->node_dir,fname);
 	if((instream=fnopen(NULL,str,O_RDONLY))==NULL) {
-		sprintf(error,"%d opening %s",errno,str);
+		sprintf(error,"%d (%s) opening %s",errno,strerror(errno),str);
 		return(FALSE); 
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ BOOL read_main_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, char* error)
 	strcpy(fname,"main.cnf");
 	sprintf(str,"%s%s",cfg->ctrl_dir,fname);
 	if((instream=fnopen(NULL,str,O_RDONLY))==NULL) {
-		sprintf(error,"%d opening %s",errno,str);
+		sprintf(error,"%d (%s) opening %s",errno,strerror(errno),str);
 		return(FALSE); 
 	}
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ BOOL read_msgs_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, char* error)
 	strcpy(fname,"msgs.cnf");
 	sprintf(str,"%s%s",cfg->ctrl_dir,fname);
 	if((instream=fnopen(NULL,str,O_RDONLY))==NULL) {
-		sprintf(error,"%d opening %s",errno,str);
+		sprintf(error,"%d (%s) opening %s",errno,strerror(errno),str);
 		return(FALSE);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/scfglib2.c b/src/sbbs3/scfglib2.c
index 68b808263bc57dc4b6c32d7372567a826db9c6c0..4196c947fa4d34b4d7928c792d5e04bc697ef5f8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/scfglib2.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/scfglib2.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ BOOL read_file_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, char* error)
 	strcpy(fname,"file.cnf");
 	sprintf(str,"%s%s",cfg->ctrl_dir,fname);
 	if((instream=fnopen(NULL,str,O_RDONLY))==NULL) {
-		sprintf(error,"%d opening %s",errno,str);
+		sprintf(error,"%d (%s) opening %s",errno,strerror(errno),str);
 		return(FALSE); 
 	}
 
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ BOOL read_xtrn_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, char* error)
 	strcpy(fname,"xtrn.cnf");
 	sprintf(str,"%s%s",cfg->ctrl_dir,fname);
 	if((instream=fnopen(NULL,str,O_RDONLY))==NULL) {
-		sprintf(error,"%d opening %s",errno,str);
+		sprintf(error,"%d (%s) opening %s",errno,strerror(errno),str);
 		return(FALSE); 
 	}
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ BOOL read_chat_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, char* error)
 	strcpy(fname,"chat.cnf");
 	sprintf(str,"%s%s",cfg->ctrl_dir,fname);
 	if((instream=fnopen(NULL,str,O_RDONLY))==NULL) {
-		sprintf(error,"%d opening %s",errno,str);
+		sprintf(error,"%d (%s) opening %s",errno,strerror(errno),str);
 		return(FALSE);
 	}