diff --git a/Source/cmListFileCache.cxx b/Source/cmListFileCache.cxx
index 036a2b116..4df542f6b 100644
--- a/Source/cmListFileCache.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmListFileCache.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct cmListFileParser
 {
   cmListFileParser(cmListFile* lf, cmMakefile* mf, const char* filename);
   ~cmListFileParser();
+  void IssueFileOpenError(std::string const& text) const;
   bool ParseFile();
   bool ParseFunction(const char* name, long line);
   bool AddArgument(cmListFileLexer_Token* token,
@@ -54,23 +55,25 @@ cmListFileParser::~cmListFileParser()
   cmListFileLexer_Delete(this->Lexer);
 }
 
+void cmListFileParser::IssueFileOpenError(const std::string& text) const
+{
+  this->Makefile->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, text);
+}
+
 bool cmListFileParser::ParseFile()
 {
   // Open the file.
   cmListFileLexer_BOM bom;
   if (!cmListFileLexer_SetFileName(this->Lexer, this->FileName, &bom)) {
-    cmSystemTools::Error("cmListFileCache: error can not open file ",
-                         this->FileName);
+    this->IssueFileOpenError("cmListFileCache: error can not open file.");
     return false;
   }
 
   // Verify the Byte-Order-Mark, if any.
   if (bom != cmListFileLexer_BOM_None && bom != cmListFileLexer_BOM_UTF8) {
     cmListFileLexer_SetFileName(this->Lexer, 0, 0);
-    std::ostringstream m;
-    m << "File\n  " << this->FileName << "\n"
-      << "starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.";
-    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(cmake::FATAL_ERROR, m.str());
+    this->IssueFileOpenError(
+      "File starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.");
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-BE-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-BE-stderr.txt
index a845ffb1d..f0b678362 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-BE-stderr.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-BE-stderr.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 CMake Error in BOM-UTF-16-BE.cmake:
-  File
-
-    .*/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-BE.cmake
-
-  starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
+  File starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
 Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
   CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-LE-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-LE-stderr.txt
index cc4244b8f..bcc9c3869 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-LE-stderr.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-LE-stderr.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 CMake Error in BOM-UTF-16-LE.cmake:
-  File
-
-    .*/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-16-LE.cmake
-
-  starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
+  File starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
 Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
   CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-BE-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-BE-stderr.txt
index 5f851bfa8..7bd74c99b 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-BE-stderr.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-BE-stderr.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 CMake Error in BOM-UTF-32-BE.cmake:
-  File
-
-    .*/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-BE.cmake
-
-  starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
+  File starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
 Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
   CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-LE-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-LE-stderr.txt
index d8fafd0ea..678013fbd 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-LE-stderr.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-LE-stderr.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 CMake Error in BOM-UTF-32-LE.cmake:
-  File
-
-    .*/Tests/RunCMake/Syntax/BOM-UTF-32-LE.cmake
-
-  starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
+  File starts with a Byte-Order-Mark that is not UTF-8.
 Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
   CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)