return false;
 }
 
+static int evswitch__fprintf_enoent(FILE *fp, const char *evtype, const char *evname)
+{
+       return fprintf(fp, "ERROR: switch-%s event not found (%s)\n", evtype, evname);
+}
+
 int evswitch__init(struct evswitch *evswitch, struct evlist *evlist, FILE *fp)
 {
        if (evswitch->on_name) {
                evswitch->on = perf_evlist__find_evsel_by_str(evlist, evswitch->on_name);
                if (evswitch->on == NULL) {
-                       fprintf(fp, "switch-on event not found (%s)\n", evswitch->on_name);
+                       evswitch__fprintf_enoent(fp, "on", evswitch->on_name);
                        return -ENOENT;
                }
                evswitch->discarding = true;
        if (evswitch->off_name) {
                evswitch->off = perf_evlist__find_evsel_by_str(evlist, evswitch->off_name);
                if (evswitch->off == NULL) {
-                       fprintf(fp, "switch-off event not found (%s)\n", evswitch->off_name);
+                       evswitch__fprintf_enoent(fp, "off", evswitch->off_name);
                        return -ENOENT;
                }
        }