diff --git a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
index babb0ce925e..5b35db012d5 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::os::fd::AsFd;
 use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
-use uucore::error::UResult;
+use uucore::error::{UResult, strip_errno};
 use uucore::translate;
 use uucore::{fast_inc::fast_inc_one, format_usage};
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl LineNumber {
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 enum CatError {
     /// Wrapper around `io::Error`
-    #[error("{0}")]
+    #[error("{}", strip_errno(.0))]
     Io(#[from] io::Error),
     /// Wrapper around `nix::Error`
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/cat/three_directories_and_file_and_stdin.stderr.expected b/tests/fixtures/cat/three_directories_and_file_and_stdin.stderr.expected
index 04a2d4be8a4..f9fcb287b55 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/cat/three_directories_and_file_and_stdin.stderr.expected
+++ b/tests/fixtures/cat/three_directories_and_file_and_stdin.stderr.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cat: test_directory3/test_directory4: Is a directory
-cat: file_which_does_not_exist.txt: No such file or directory (os error 2)
+cat: file_which_does_not_exist.txt: No such file or directory
 cat: test_directory3/test_directory5: Is a directory
 cat: test_directory3/../test_directory3/test_directory5: Is a directory
 cat: test_directory3: Is a directory