diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 64a903a..d428ee5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ Changes in version 1.16.2
   * lib/libmsgmng.lib - Davide Madrisan:
     Translate "ERROR", "WARNING", and "DEBUG".
 
+  * lib/libspec.lib - Davide Madrisan:
+    Better error reporting in case of syntax errors in the specfiles.
+
++ update
+  * po/it/autospec.po - Davide Madrisan:
+    Update the tranlation file.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in version 1.16.1
diff --git a/lib/libspec.lib.in b/lib/libspec.lib.in
index f8d9170..b0da1c1 100644
--- a/lib/libspec.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libspec.lib.in
@@ -645,15 +645,16 @@ rpm -q $rpm_options --specfile --specedit $specfile \
       > $specfile_preprocessed 2> $tmpspreprerr"
 
    if [ -s "$tmpspreprerr" ]; then
-      notify.warning $"the specfile has some syntax errors:"
+      notify.warning $"\
+the specfile has some syntax errors"" ("$"rpm output""):"
       while read line; do
-         notify.warning "   $line"
+         echo "   $line"
       done < $tmpspreprerr
    elif [ -z "$(grep "^%changelog" $specfile_preprocessed 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
       # try to catch some other syntax errors even if rpm exit with
       # a zero return code and no messages are sent to stderr
       # FIXME: we assume "%changelog" is the last part of the specfile
-      notify.warning $"the specfile has some syntax errors:"
+      notify.warning $"the specfile has some syntax errors"":"
       while read line; do
          notify.warning "   $line"
       done < <(tail -n 3 $specfile_preprocessed)
diff --git a/po/it/autospec.po b/po/it/autospec.po
index 5e0b648..326395d 100644
--- a/po/it/autospec.po
+++ b/po/it/autospec.po
@@ -550,8 +550,11 @@ msgstr  "specfile con fine linea CR"
 msgid   "specfile with an unsupported format"
 msgstr  "specfile in formato non supportato"
 
-msgid   "the specfile has some syntax errors:"
-msgstr  "lo specfile ha degli errori di sintassi:"
+msgid   "the specfile has some syntax errors"
+msgstr  "lo specfile ha degli errori di sintassi"
+
+msgid   "rpm output"
+msgstr  "output rpm"
 
 msgid   "the error should be here!"
 msgstr  "l'errore dovrebbe essere qui!"