diff --git a/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c b/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
index 7348d3c12..81719a228 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
+++ b/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ get_argv_from(const char *filename, const char *argv0, argv_array *final_ans) {
         if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) return true;
 #ifdef __APPLE__
         int saved = errno;
-        os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "Failed to read from %s with error: %{darwin.errno}d", filename, errno);
+        os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "Failed to read from %{public}s with error: %{darwin.errno}d", filename, errno);
         errno = saved;
 #endif
         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read from %s ", filename); perror("with error");
diff --git a/kitty/logging.c b/kitty/logging.c
index 3630ed482..ef6d60b31 100644
--- a/kitty/logging.c
+++ b/kitty/logging.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ log_error(const char *fmt, ...) {
         fprintf(stderr, "[%.3f] ", monotonic_t_to_s_double(monotonic()));
     }
     // To see os_log messages from kitty, use:
-    // log show --predicate 'processImagePath contains "kitty"'
+    // log show --predicate 'processImagePath contains "kitty" and messageType == error'
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     if (use_os_log) os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%{public}s", sanbuf);
 #endif