diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
index e675206de3..3c97c696a5 100644
--- a/builtin-tag.c
+++ b/builtin-tag.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int git_tag_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "user.signingkey")) {
 		if (!value)
-			return config_error_nonbool(value);
+			return config_error_nonbool(var);
 		set_signingkey(value);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 28c9e637e3..e7d42d0491 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ int git_status_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(k, "status.showuntrackedfiles")) {
 		if (!v)
-			return config_error_nonbool(v);
+			return config_error_nonbool(k);
 		else if (!strcmp(v, "no"))
 			show_untracked_files = SHOW_NO_UNTRACKED_FILES;
 		else if (!strcmp(v, "normal"))