diff --git a/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c
index 6f0814d9ac..feb4d5dcf4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c
@@ -1301,8 +1301,9 @@ slurp_file(int fd, char *filename, StringInfo buf, int maxlen)
 		if (rb < 0)
 			pg_fatal("could not read file \"%s\": %m", filename);
 		else
-			pg_fatal("could not read file \"%s\": read only %zd of %lld bytes",
-					 filename, rb, (long long int) st.st_size);
+			/* cast st_size to avoid extra translatable messages */
+			pg_fatal("could not read file \"%s\": read only %zd of %zu bytes",
+					 filename, rb, (size_t) st.st_size);
 	}
 
 	/* Adjust buffer length for new data and restore trailing-\0 invariant */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/reconstruct.c b/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/reconstruct.c
index 41f06bb26b..a4badb90e2 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/reconstruct.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/reconstruct.c
@@ -504,15 +504,16 @@ make_rfile(char *filename, bool missing_ok)
 static void
 read_bytes(rfile *rf, void *buffer, unsigned length)
 {
-	int			rb = read(rf->fd, buffer, length);
+	ssize_t		rb = read(rf->fd, buffer, length);
 
 	if (rb != length)
 	{
 		if (rb < 0)
 			pg_fatal("could not read file \"%s\": %m", rf->filename);
 		else
-			pg_fatal("could not read file \"%s\": read only %d of %u bytes",
-					 rf->filename, rb, length);
+			/* cast length to avoid extra translatable messages */
+			pg_fatal("could not read file \"%s\": read only %zd of %zu bytes",
+					 rf->filename, rb, (size_t) length);
 	}
 }