diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index e51003134..dbd8323e4 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ void bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)
 	msg[applet_len - 2] = ':';
 	msg[applet_len - 1] = ' ';
 	if (strerr) {
-		msg[used++] = ':';
-		msg[used++] = ' ';
+		if (s[0]) { /* not perror_nomsg? */
+			msg[used++] = ':';
+			msg[used++] = ' ';
+		}
 		strcpy(&msg[used], strerr);
 		used += strerr_len;
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/defconfig b/scripts/defconfig
index 0550e43e4..3aacaac64 100644
--- a/scripts/defconfig
+++ b/scripts/defconfig
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ CONFIG_ED=y
 CONFIG_PATCH=y
 CONFIG_SED=y
 CONFIG_VI=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_MAX_LEN=1024
+CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_MAX_LEN=4096
 CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_COLON=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_SEARCH=y
diff --git a/util-linux/losetup.c b/util-linux/losetup.c
index a9ecfd58b..d521b7b88 100644
--- a/util-linux/losetup.c
+++ b/util-linux/losetup.c
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ int losetup_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (argc != 1)
 			bb_show_usage();
 		if (del_loop(argv[0]))
-			bb_perror_nomsg_and_die();
+			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	if (argc == 2) {
 		/* -o or no option */
 		if (set_loop(&argv[0], argv[1], offset) < 0)
-			bb_perror_nomsg_and_die();
+			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[0]);
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int losetup_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* -o or no option */
 		s = query_loop(argv[0]);
 		if (!s)
-			bb_perror_nomsg_and_die();
+			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[0]);
 		printf("%s: %s\n", argv[0], s);
 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
 			free(s);