diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 92b567a59f..11232dfe8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-06-23  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
+
+	* test-skeleton.c (signal_handler): Use printf and %m
+	rather than perror.  Use printf rather than fprintf to
+	stderr.  Use puts rather than fputs to stderr.
+	(main): Likewise.
+
 2014-06-22  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
 	* nscd/nscd.c (thread_info_t): Remove typedef.
diff --git a/test-skeleton.c b/test-skeleton.c
index d7d2f750b7..286d1419cf 100644
--- a/test-skeleton.c
+++ b/test-skeleton.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ signal_handler (int sig __attribute__ ((unused)))
     }
   if (killed != 0 && killed != pid)
     {
-      perror ("Failed to kill test process");
+      printf ("Failed to kill test process: %m\n");
       exit (1);
     }
 
@@ -181,16 +181,16 @@ signal_handler (int sig __attribute__ ((unused)))
 #endif
 
   if (killed == 0 || (WIFSIGNALED (status) && WTERMSIG (status) == SIGKILL))
-    fputs ("Timed out: killed the child process\n", stderr);
+    puts ("Timed out: killed the child process");
   else if (WIFSTOPPED (status))
-    fprintf (stderr, "Timed out: the child process was %s\n",
-	     strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
+    printf ("Timed out: the child process was %s\n",
+	    strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
   else if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
-    fprintf (stderr, "Timed out: the child process got signal %s\n",
-	     strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
+    printf ("Timed out: the child process got signal %s\n",
+	    strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
   else
-    fprintf (stderr, "Timed out: killed the child process but it exited %d\n",
-	     WEXITSTATUS (status));
+    printf ("Timed out: killed the child process but it exited %d\n",
+	    WEXITSTATUS (status));
 
   /* Exit with an error.  */
   exit (1);
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
       if (chdir (test_dir) < 0)
 	{
-	  perror ("chdir");
+	  printf ("chdir: %m\n");
 	  exit (1);
 	}
     }
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	    data_limit.rlim_cur = MIN ((rlim_t) TEST_DATA_LIMIT,
 				       data_limit.rlim_max);
 	  if (setrlimit (RLIMIT_DATA, &data_limit) < 0)
-	    perror ("setrlimit: RLIMIT_DATA");
+	    printf ("setrlimit: RLIMIT_DATA: %m\n");
 	}
       else
-	perror ("getrlimit: RLIMIT_DATA");
+	printf ("getrlimit: RLIMIT_DATA: %m\n");
 #endif
 
       /* We put the test process in its own pgrp so that if it bogusly
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     }
   else if (pid < 0)
     {
-      perror ("Cannot fork test program");
+      printf ("Cannot fork test program: %m\n");
       exit (1);
     }
 
@@ -387,18 +387,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       if (EXPECTED_SIGNAL != 0)
 	{
 	  if (WTERMSIG (status) == 0)
-	    fprintf (stderr,
-		     "Expected signal '%s' from child, got none\n",
-		     strsignal (EXPECTED_SIGNAL));
+	    printf ("Expected signal '%s' from child, got none\n",
+		    strsignal (EXPECTED_SIGNAL));
 	  else
-	    fprintf (stderr,
-		     "Incorrect signal from child: got `%s', need `%s'\n",
-		     strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)),
-		     strsignal (EXPECTED_SIGNAL));
+	    printf ("Incorrect signal from child: got `%s', need `%s'\n",
+		    strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)),
+		    strsignal (EXPECTED_SIGNAL));
 	}
       else
-	fprintf (stderr, "Didn't expect signal from child: got `%s'\n",
-		 strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
+	printf ("Didn't expect signal from child: got `%s'\n",
+		strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
       exit (1);
     }
 
@@ -408,8 +406,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #else
   if (WEXITSTATUS (status) != EXPECTED_STATUS)
     {
-      fprintf (stderr, "Expected status %d, got %d\n",
-	       EXPECTED_STATUS, WEXITSTATUS (status));
+      printf ("Expected status %d, got %d\n",
+	      EXPECTED_STATUS, WEXITSTATUS (status));
       exit (1);
     }