diff --git a/src/asm/section.c b/src/asm/section.c
index 2e06822b..b470a55a 100644
--- a/src/asm/section.c
+++ b/src/asm/section.c
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ void out_Skip(int32_t skip, bool ds)
 	reserveSpace(skip);
 
 	if (!ds && sect_HasData(pCurrentSection->type))
-		warning(WARNING_EMPTY_DATA_DIRECTIVE, "db/dw/dl directive without data in ROM\n");
+		warning(WARNING_EMPTY_DATA_DIRECTIVE, "%s directive without data in ROM\n",
+			(skip == 4) ? "DL" : (skip == 2) ? "DW" : "DB");
 
 	if (!sect_HasData(pCurrentSection->type)) {
 		growSection(skip);
diff --git a/test/asm/empty-data-directive.err b/test/asm/empty-data-directive.err
index dc4f03db..f54631eb 100644
--- a/test/asm/empty-data-directive.err
+++ b/test/asm/empty-data-directive.err
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 warning: empty-data-directive.asm(6): [-Wempty-data-directive]
-    db/dw/dl directive without data in ROM
+    DB directive without data in ROM
 warning: empty-data-directive.asm(7): [-Wempty-data-directive]
-    db/dw/dl directive without data in ROM
+    DW directive without data in ROM
 warning: empty-data-directive.asm(8): [-Wempty-data-directive]
-    db/dw/dl directive without data in ROM
+    DL directive without data in ROM