diff --git a/lib/checksizeof.cpp b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
index a90f8ffc8..6f8515a5b 100644
--- a/lib/checksizeof.cpp
+++ b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void CheckSizeof::sizeofDereferencedVoidPointerError(const Token *tok, const std
 
 void CheckSizeof::arithOperationsOnVoidPointerError(const Token* tok, const std::string &varname, const std::string &vartype)
 {
-    const std::string message = "'" + varname + "' is of type '" + vartype + "'. When using void pointers in calculations, the behaviour is undefined.";
+    const std::string message = "'$symbol' is of type '" + vartype + "'. When using void pointers in calculations, the behaviour is undefined.";
     const std::string verbose = message + " Arithmetic operations on 'void *' is a GNU C extension, which defines the 'sizeof(void)' to be 1.";
-    reportError(tok, Severity::portability, "arithOperationsOnVoidPointer", message + "\n" + verbose, CWE467, false);
+    reportError(tok, Severity::portability, "arithOperationsOnVoidPointer", "$symbol:" + varname + '\n' + message + '\n' + verbose, CWE467, false);
 }