diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
index be87c5e2ee95..1db34effdd8d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ void nmi_watchdog_tick (struct pt_regs * regs)
 			/*
 			 * die_nmi will return ONLY if NOTIFY_STOP happens..
 			 */
-			die_nmi(regs, "NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP");
+			die_nmi(regs, "BUG: NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP");
 	} else {
 		last_irq_sums[cpu] = sum;
 		alert_counter[cpu] = 0;
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/fault.c b/arch/i386/mm/fault.c
index bbb24af5d860..47a3b72ec7b6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/fault.c
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@ no_context:
 	}
 #endif
 	if (address < PAGE_SIZE)
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference");
+		printk(KERN_ALERT "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference");
 	else
-		printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request");
+		printk(KERN_ALERT "BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request");
 	printk(" at virtual address %08lx\n",address);
 	printk(KERN_ALERT " printing eip:\n");
 	printk("%08lx\n", regs->eip);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index 400c2b41896e..1a565a9d2fa7 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUG
 #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_BUG
 #define BUG() do { \
-	printk("kernel BUG at %s:%d!\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+	printk("BUG: failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__); \
 	panic("BUG!"); \
 } while (0)
 #endif
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_WARN_ON
 #define WARN_ON(condition) do { \
 	if (unlikely((condition)!=0)) { \
-		printk("Badness in %s at %s:%d\n", __FUNCTION__, __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+		printk("BUG: warning at %s:%d/%s()\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__); \
 		dump_stack(); \
 	} \
 } while (0)
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index a5bd60453eae..7ffaabd64f89 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ asmlinkage void __sched schedule(void)
 	 */
 	if (likely(!current->exit_state)) {
 		if (unlikely(in_atomic())) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "scheduling while atomic: "
+			printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: scheduling while atomic: "
 				"%s/0x%08x/%d\n",
 				current->comm, preempt_count(), current->pid);
 			dump_stack();
@@ -6074,7 +6074,7 @@ void __might_sleep(char *file, int line)
 		if (time_before(jiffies, prev_jiffy + HZ) && prev_jiffy)
 			return;
 		prev_jiffy = jiffies;
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Debug: sleeping function called from invalid"
+		printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: sleeping function called from invalid"
 				" context at %s:%d\n", file, line);
 		printk("in_atomic():%d, irqs_disabled():%d\n",
 			in_atomic(), irqs_disabled());