diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index 74aea322..7fa91ffe 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ the integrity of the corresponding source file.
 	trust values from the keyring. If the source file was signed with a
 	subkey, makepkg will still use the primary key for comparison.
 +
-Fingerprints must be uppercase and must not contain whitespace characters.
+Only full fingerprints are accepted. They must be uppercase and must not
+contain whitespace characters.
 
 *noextract (array)*::
 	An array of file names corresponding to those from the source array. Files
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index f9494037..90822067 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -1494,10 +1494,10 @@ check_pgpsigs() {
 			errors=1
 		else
 			if (( ${#validpgpkeys[@]} == 0 && ! $trusted )); then
-				printf "%s ($(gettext "the public key %s is not trusted"))" $(gettext "FAILED") "$pubkey" >&2
+				printf "%s ($(gettext "the public key %s is not trusted"))" $(gettext "FAILED") "$fingerprint" >&2
 				errors=1
 			elif (( ${#validpgpkeys[@]} > 0 )) && ! in_array "$fingerprint" "${validpgpkeys[@]}"; then
-				printf "%s (%s $pubkey)" "$(gettext "FAILED")" "$(gettext "invalid public key")"
+				printf "%s (%s %s)" "$(gettext "FAILED")" "$(gettext "invalid public key")" "$fingerprint"
 				errors=1
 			else
 				printf '%s' "$(gettext "Passed")" >&2