diff --git a/dmidecode.c b/dmidecode.c
index 3551637..59f4fe0 100644
--- a/dmidecode.c
+++ b/dmidecode.c
@@ -5195,7 +5195,7 @@ static void dmi_table_decode(u8 *buf, u32 len, u16 num, u16 ver, u32 flags)
 		if ((unsigned long)(next - buf) > len)
 		{
 			if (display && !(opt.flags & FLAG_QUIET))
-				printf("\t<TRUNCATED>\n");
+				pr_struct_err("<TRUNCATED>");
 			pr_sep();
 			data = next;
 			break;
diff --git a/dmioutput.c b/dmioutput.c
index ef1c41b..42f8d32 100644
--- a/dmioutput.c
+++ b/dmioutput.c
@@ -123,3 +123,15 @@ void pr_sep(void)
 {
 	printf("\n");
 }
+
+void pr_struct_err(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	printf("\t");
+
+	va_start(args, format);
+	vprintf(format, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	printf("\n");
+}
diff --git a/dmioutput.h b/dmioutput.h
index 6b5f0e0..a492ec0 100644
--- a/dmioutput.h
+++ b/dmioutput.h
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ void pr_list_start(const char *name, const char *format, ...);
 void pr_list_item(const char *format, ...);
 void pr_list_end(void);
 void pr_sep(void);
+void pr_struct_err(const char *format, ...);