diff -u htdig-3.2.0b6/htsearch/Display.cc htdig-3.2.0b6/htsearch/Display.cc
--- htdig-3.2.0b6/htsearch/Display.cc
+++ htdig-3.2.0b6/htsearch/Display.cc
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       // Must temporarily stash the message in a String, since
       // displaySyntaxError will overwrite the static temp used in form.
 
-      String s(form("No such sort method: `%s'", (const char*)config->Find("sort")));
+      String s("Invalid sort method.");
 
       displaySyntaxError(s);
       return;
--- htdig-3.2.0b6.orig/libhtdig/ResultFetch.cc
+++ htdig-3.2.0b6/libhtdig/ResultFetch.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         // Must temporarily stash the message in a String, since
         // displaySyntaxError will overwrite the static temp used in form.
 
-        String s(form("No such sort method: `%s'", (const char *) config->Find("sort")));
+        String s("Invalid search method.");
 
         displaySyntaxError(s);
         //return;