diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index cf3529de2..6e9101893 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@ void CheckOther::catchExceptionByValueError(const Token *tok)
 
 void CheckOther::memsetZeroBytesError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
 {
-    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
-                "memsetZeroBytes", "memset() called to fill 0 bytes of \"" + varname + "\""
-                ". Second and third arguments might be inverted.");
+    const std::string summary("memset() called to fill 0 bytes of \'" + varname + "\'");
+    const std::string verbose(summary + ". Second and third arguments might be inverted.");
+    reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "memsetZeroBytes", summary + "\n" + verbose);
 }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 5284aa522..7992a2849 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ private:
               "}\n"
              );
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) memset() called to fill 0"
-                      " bytes of \"p\". Second and third arguments might be inverted.\n", errout.str());
+                      " bytes of \'p\'\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    memset(p, sizeof(p), 0)\n"
@@ -1633,6 +1633,7 @@ private:
              );
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) memset() called to fill 0"
                            " bytes of \"p\". Second and third arguments might be inverted.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 };