diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 4703f5556145..a28cba6b05dd 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int fsck_msg_type(enum fsck_msg_id msg_id,
 	return msg_type;
 }
 
-static void init_skiplist(struct fsck_options *options, const char *path)
+void oidset_parse_file(struct oidset *set, const char *path)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -189,26 +189,26 @@ static void init_skiplist(struct fsck_options *options, const char *path)
 
 	fp = fopen(path, "r");
 	if (!fp)
-		die("Could not open skip list: %s", path);
+		die("could not open object name list: %s", path);
 	while (!strbuf_getline(&sb, fp)) {
 		const char *p;
-		const char *hash;
+		const char *name;
 
 		/*
 		 * Allow trailing comments, leading whitespace
 		 * (including before commits), and empty or whitespace
 		 * only lines.
 		 */
-		hash = strchr(sb.buf, '#');
-		if (hash)
-			strbuf_setlen(&sb, hash - sb.buf);
+		name = strchr(sb.buf, '#');
+		if (name)
+			strbuf_setlen(&sb, name - sb.buf);
 		strbuf_trim(&sb);
 		if (!sb.len)
 			continue;
 
 		if (parse_oid_hex(sb.buf, &oid, &p) || *p != '\0')
-			die("Invalid SHA-1: %s", sb.buf);
-		oidset_insert(&options->skiplist, &oid);
+			die("invalid object name: %s", sb.buf);
+		oidset_insert(set, &oid);
 	}
 	if (ferror(fp))
 		die_errno("Could not read '%s'", path);
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void fsck_set_msg_types(struct fsck_options *options, const char *values)
 		if (!strcmp(buf, "skiplist")) {
 			if (equal == len)
 				die("skiplist requires a path");
-			init_skiplist(options, buf + equal + 1);
+			oidset_parse_file(&options->skiplist, buf + equal + 1);
 			buf += len + 1;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh b/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh
index 7bc706873c5b..fdfe179b1188 100755
--- a/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh
+++ b/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck with unsorted skipList' '
 test_expect_success 'fsck with invalid or bogus skipList input' '
 	git -c fsck.skipList=/dev/null -c fsck.missingEmail=ignore fsck &&
 	test_must_fail git -c fsck.skipList=does-not-exist -c fsck.missingEmail=ignore fsck 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Could not open skip list: does-not-exist" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "could not open.*: does-not-exist" err &&
 	test_must_fail git -c fsck.skipList=.git/config -c fsck.missingEmail=ignore fsck 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Invalid SHA-1: \[core\]" err
+	test_i18ngrep "invalid object name: \[core\]" err
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'fsck with other accepted skipList input (comments & empty lines)' '
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck no garbage output from comments & empty lines errors'
 test_expect_success 'fsck with invalid abbreviated skipList input' '
 	echo $commit | test_copy_bytes 20 >SKIP.abbreviated &&
 	test_must_fail git -c fsck.skipList=SKIP.abbreviated fsck 2>err-abbreviated &&
-	test_i18ngrep "^fatal: Invalid SHA-1: " err-abbreviated
+	test_i18ngrep "^fatal: invalid object name: " err-abbreviated
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'fsck with exhaustive accepted skipList input (various types of comments etc.)' '
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ test_expect_success 'push with receive.fsck.skipList' '
 	test_must_fail git push --porcelain dst bogus &&
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git config receive.fsck.skipList does-not-exist &&
 	test_must_fail git push --porcelain dst bogus 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Could not open skip list: does-not-exist" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "could not open.*: does-not-exist" err &&
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git config receive.fsck.skipList config &&
 	test_must_fail git push --porcelain dst bogus 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Invalid SHA-1: \[core\]" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "invalid object name: \[core\]" err &&
 
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git config receive.fsck.skipList SKIP &&
 	git push --porcelain dst bogus
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with fetch.fsck.skipList' '
 	test_must_fail git --git-dir=dst/.git fetch "file://$(pwd)" $refspec &&
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git config fetch.fsck.skipList does-not-exist &&
 	test_must_fail git --git-dir=dst/.git fetch "file://$(pwd)" $refspec 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Could not open skip list: does-not-exist" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "could not open.*: does-not-exist" err &&
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git config fetch.fsck.skipList dst/.git/config &&
 	test_must_fail git --git-dir=dst/.git fetch "file://$(pwd)" $refspec 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "Invalid SHA-1: \[core\]" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "invalid object name: \[core\]" err &&
 
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git config fetch.fsck.skipList dst/.git/SKIP &&
 	git --git-dir=dst/.git fetch "file://$(pwd)" $refspec
