diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index b81785fe2e..7a270e51ed 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1680,8 +1680,9 @@ static CURLcode findprotocol(struct Curl_easy *data,
   /* The protocol was not found in the table, but we don't have to assign it
      to anything since it is already assigned to a dummy-struct in the
      create_conn() function when the connectdata struct is allocated. */
-  failf(data, "Protocol \"%s\" not supported or disabled in " LIBCURL_NAME,
-        protostr);
+  failf(data, "Protocol \"%s\" %s%s", protostr,
+        p ? "disabled" : "not supported",
+        data->state.this_is_a_follow ? " (in redirect)":"");
 
   return CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL;
 }
diff --git a/tests/data/test1268 b/tests/data/test1268
index 806592fb89..05fe9d8e7f 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1268
+++ b/tests/data/test1268
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ file name argument looks like a flag
 <verify>
 <file name="%LOGDIR/moo%TESTNUMBER" mode="text">
 Warning: The file name argument '-k' looks like a flag.
-curl: (1) Protocol "hej" not supported or disabled in libcurl
+curl: (1) Protocol "hej" not supported
 </file>
 
 # we expect an error since we provide a weird URL