diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 80417629b246..a9186a98a37d 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static void write_src(void)
 	}
 
 	output_label("kallsyms_num_syms");
-	printf("\tPTR\t%d\n", table_cnt);
+	printf("\tPTR\t%u\n", table_cnt);
 	printf("\n");
 
 	/* table of offset markers, that give the offset in the compressed stream
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 8c9691c3329e..895c40e8679f 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 	gpfx = 0;
 	switch (w2(ehdr->e_machine)) {
 	default:
-		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized e_machine %d %s\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized e_machine %u %s\n",
 			w2(ehdr->e_machine), fname);
 		fail_file();
 		break;
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.h b/scripts/recordmcount.h
index b9897e2be404..2e7793735e14 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.h
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.h
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static unsigned find_secsym_ndx(unsigned const txtndx,
 			return symp - sym0;
 		}
 	}
-	fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find symbol for section %d: %s.\n",
+	fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find symbol for section %u: %s.\n",
 		txtndx, txtname);
 	fail_file();
 }