diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/resolver.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/resolver.go
index 778978e9a0..02fdde41e2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/resolver.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/resolver.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (check *Checker) arity(pos syntax.Pos, names []*syntax.Name, inits []syntax
 		}
 	case l > r && r != 1: // if r == 1 it may be a multi-valued function and we can't say anything yet
 		n := names[r]
-		check.errorf(n.Pos(), "missing init expr for %s", n)
+		check.errorf(n.Pos(), "missing init expr for %s", n.Value)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/go2go/translate.go b/src/cmd/go2go/translate.go
index a330ed4484..a74fd4cdde 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go2go/translate.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go2go/translate.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func translateFile(importer *go2go.Importer, file string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		die(err.Error())
 	}
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(strings.TrimSuffix(file, ".go2") + ".go", out, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(strings.TrimSuffix(file, ".go2")+".go", out, 0644); err != nil {
 		die(err.Error())
 	}
 }