diff --git a/src/listener.c b/src/listener.c
index fd7072684..f60a14624 100644
--- a/src/listener.c
+++ b/src/listener.c
@@ -570,21 +570,21 @@ void listener_accept(int fd)
 			case ENFILE:
 				if (p)
 					send_log(p, LOG_EMERG,
-						 "Proxy %s reached system FD limit at %d. Please check system tunables.\n",
-						 p->id, maxfd);
+						 "Proxy %s reached system FD limit (maxsock=%d). Please check system tunables.\n",
+						 p->id, global.maxsock);
 				goto transient_error;
 			case EMFILE:
 				if (p)
 					send_log(p, LOG_EMERG,
-						 "Proxy %s reached process FD limit at %d. Please check 'ulimit-n' and restart.\n",
-						 p->id, maxfd);
+						 "Proxy %s reached process FD limit (maxsock=%d). Please check 'ulimit-n' and restart.\n",
+						 p->id, global.maxsock);
 				goto transient_error;
 			case ENOBUFS:
 			case ENOMEM:
 				if (p)
 					send_log(p, LOG_EMERG,
-						 "Proxy %s reached system memory limit at %d sockets. Please check system tunables.\n",
-						 p->id, maxfd);
+						 "Proxy %s reached system memory limit (maxsock=%d). Please check system tunables.\n",
+						 p->id, global.maxsock);
 				goto transient_error;
 			default:
 				/* unexpected result, let's give up and let other tasks run */
diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index 857ebe133..f4ff698fd 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -314,20 +314,20 @@ int tcp_connect_server(struct connection *conn, int data, int delack)
 		if (errno == ENFILE) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_SYS_FDLIM;
 			send_log(be, LOG_EMERG,
-				 "Proxy %s reached system FD limit at %d. Please check system tunables.\n",
-				 be->id, maxfd);
+				 "Proxy %s reached system FD limit (maxsock=%d). Please check system tunables.\n",
+				 be->id, global.maxsock);
 		}
 		else if (errno == EMFILE) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_PROC_FDLIM;
 			send_log(be, LOG_EMERG,
-				 "Proxy %s reached process FD limit at %d. Please check 'ulimit-n' and restart.\n",
-				 be->id, maxfd);
+				 "Proxy %s reached process FD limit (maxsock=%d). Please check 'ulimit-n' and restart.\n",
+				 be->id, global.maxsock);
 		}
 		else if (errno == ENOBUFS || errno == ENOMEM) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_SYS_MEMLIM;
 			send_log(be, LOG_EMERG,
-				 "Proxy %s reached system memory limit at %d sockets. Please check system tunables.\n",
-				 be->id, maxfd);
+				 "Proxy %s reached system memory limit (maxsock=%d). Please check system tunables.\n",
+				 be->id, global.maxsock);
 		}
 		else if (errno == EAFNOSUPPORT || errno == EPROTONOSUPPORT) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_NOPROTO;
diff --git a/src/proto_uxst.c b/src/proto_uxst.c
index 1579dd0eb..754acd2c7 100644
--- a/src/proto_uxst.c
+++ b/src/proto_uxst.c
@@ -452,20 +452,20 @@ static int uxst_connect_server(struct connection *conn, int data, int delack)
 		if (errno == ENFILE) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_SYS_FDLIM;
 			send_log(be, LOG_EMERG,
-				 "Proxy %s reached system FD limit at %d. Please check system tunables.\n",
-				 be->id, maxfd);
+				 "Proxy %s reached system FD limit (maxsock=%d). Please check system tunables.\n",
+				 be->id, global.maxsock);
 		}
 		else if (errno == EMFILE) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_PROC_FDLIM;
 			send_log(be, LOG_EMERG,
-				 "Proxy %s reached process FD limit at %d. Please check 'ulimit-n' and restart.\n",
-				 be->id, maxfd);
+				 "Proxy %s reached process FD limit (maxsock=%d). Please check 'ulimit-n' and restart.\n",
+				 be->id, global.maxsock);
 		}
 		else if (errno == ENOBUFS || errno == ENOMEM) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_SYS_MEMLIM;
 			send_log(be, LOG_EMERG,
-				 "Proxy %s reached system memory limit at %d sockets. Please check system tunables.\n",
-				 be->id, maxfd);
+				 "Proxy %s reached system memory limit (maxsock=%d). Please check system tunables.\n",
+				 be->id, global.maxsock);
 		}
 		else if (errno == EAFNOSUPPORT || errno == EPROTONOSUPPORT) {
 			conn->err_code = CO_ER_NOPROTO;