+diff --git a/src/liboping.c b/src/liboping.c
+index 5253e8c..2470988 100644
+--- a/src/liboping.c
++++ b/src/liboping.c
+@@ -1636,10 +1636,8 @@ int ping_host_add (pingobj_t *obj, const char *host)
+ }
+ else
+ {
+- char errmsg[PING_ERRMSG_LEN];
+-
+- snprintf (errmsg, PING_ERRMSG_LEN, "Unknown `ai_family': %i", ai_ptr->ai_family);
+- errmsg[PING_ERRMSG_LEN - 1] = '\0';
++ char errmsg[64];
++ snprintf (errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), "Unknown `ai_family': %d", ai_ptr->ai_family);
+
+ dprintf ("%s", errmsg);
+ ping_set_error (obj, "getaddrinfo", errmsg);