diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/invalid-binary-file.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/invalid-binary-file.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/invalid-binary-file.test
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Test if we get a proper error message with a file that is not a proper binary.
+
+RUN: touch %t1.txt
+RUN: not llvm-ar r %t1.txt 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+CHECK: llvm-ar{{(.exe|.EXE)?}}: error: error loading '{{[^']+}}': The file was not recognized as a valid object file.
+CHECK-NOT: The file
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
     object::Archive Archive(Buf.get()->getMemBufferRef(), Err);
     EC = errorToErrorCode(std::move(Err));
     failIfError(EC,
-                "error loading '" + ArchiveName + "': " + EC.message() + "!");
+                "error loading '" + ArchiveName + "'");
     if (Archive.isThin())
       CompareFullPath = true;
     performOperation(Operation, &Archive, std::move(Buf.get()), NewMembers);