diff --git a/src/acl.c b/src/acl.c
index 607512beb..1d65faf69 100644
--- a/src/acl.c
+++ b/src/acl.c
@@ -2819,8 +2819,7 @@ void aclCommand(client *c) {
         sds username = c->argv[2]->ptr;
         /* Check username validity. */
         if (ACLStringHasSpaces(username,sdslen(username))) {
-            addReplyErrorFormat(c,
-                "Usernames can't contain spaces or null characters");
+            addReplyError(c, "Usernames can't contain spaces or null characters");
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/geo.c b/src/geo.c
index d168d9841..1004193e0 100644
--- a/src/geo.c
+++ b/src/geo.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ void georadiusGeneric(client *c, int srcKeyIndex, int flags) {
     }
 
     if (any && !count) {
-        addReplyErrorFormat(c, "the ANY argument requires COUNT argument");
+        addReplyError(c, "the ANY argument requires COUNT argument");
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index e4b7c42e1..d4a77b57e 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ void replconfCommand(client *c) {
             int filter_count, i;
             sds *filters;
             if (!(filters = sdssplitargs(c->argv[j+1]->ptr, &filter_count))) {
-                addReplyErrorFormat(c, "Missing rdb-filter-only values");
+                addReplyError(c, "Missing rdb-filter-only values");
                 return;
             }
             /* By default filter out all parts of the rdb */
diff --git a/src/script_lua.c b/src/script_lua.c
index e96d8eeeb..a98b1da1b 100644
--- a/src/script_lua.c
+++ b/src/script_lua.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static void luaReplyToRedisReply(client *c, client* script_client, lua_State *lu
          * to push 4 elements to the stack. On failure, return error.
          * Notice that we need, in the worst case, 4 elements because returning a map might
          * require push 4 elements to the Lua stack.*/
-        addReplyErrorFormat(c, "reached lua stack limit");
+        addReplyError(c, "reached lua stack limit");
         lua_pop(lua,1); /* pop the element from the stack */
         return;
     }