diff --git a/llvm/test/FileCheck/check-empty.txt b/llvm/test/FileCheck/check-empty.txt
--- a/llvm/test/FileCheck/check-empty.txt
+++ b/llvm/test/FileCheck/check-empty.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ; FOO: foo
 ; NOFOO-NOT: foo
 
-; EMPTY-ERR: FileCheck error: '-' is empty.
+; EMPTY-ERR: FileCheck error: '<stdin>' is empty.
 ; EMPTY-ERR-NEXT: FileCheck command line: {{.*}}{{F|f}}ile{{C|c}}heck{{.*}}-check-prefix={{.*}}FOO {{.*}}check-empty.txt
-; NO-EMPTY-ERR-NOT: FileCheck error: '-' is empty.
+; NO-EMPTY-ERR-NOT: FileCheck error: '<stdin>' is empty.
 ; NOT-FOUND: error: FOO: expected string not found in input
diff --git a/llvm/utils/FileCheck/FileCheck.cpp b/llvm/utils/FileCheck/FileCheck.cpp
--- a/llvm/utils/FileCheck/FileCheck.cpp
+++ b/llvm/utils/FileCheck/FileCheck.cpp
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@
   // Open the file to check and add it to SourceMgr.
   ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>> InputFileOrErr =
       MemoryBuffer::getFileOrSTDIN(InputFilename);
+  if (InputFilename == "-")
+    InputFilename = "<stdin>"; // Overwrite for improved diagnostic messages
   if (std::error_code EC = InputFileOrErr.getError()) {
     errs() << "Could not open input file '" << InputFilename
            << "': " << EC.message() << '\n';
@@ -648,7 +650,7 @@
       (ExitCode == 1 && DumpInput == DumpInputFail)) {
     errs() << "\n"
            << "Input file: "
-           << (InputFilename == "-" ? "<stdin>" : InputFilename.getValue())
+           << InputFilename
            << "\n"
            << "Check file: " << CheckFilename << "\n"
            << "\n"