diff --git a/src/cmd/cmd_errors.et b/src/cmd/cmd_errors.et
index fd8453b92c..dbc75e4037 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cmd_errors.et
+++ b/src/cmd/cmd_errors.et
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ error_table CMD
   ec CMD_TOOFEW, "Insufficient required parameters provided"
   ec CMD_TOOBIG, "Token too large"
   ec CMD_MISSING, "Option not specified on command line"
+  ec CMD_BADFORMAT, "Improper format of configuration file"
 end
diff --git a/src/cmd/krb5_locl.h b/src/cmd/krb5_locl.h
index 9b5b095bbd..bbb1798138 100644
--- a/src/cmd/krb5_locl.h
+++ b/src/cmd/krb5_locl.h
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
 
 #define KRB5_DEPRECATED_FUNCTION(x)
 
-/* This value shouldn't be hard coded */
-#define KRB5_CONFIG_BADFORMAT                    (-1765328248L)
+#define KRB5_CONFIG_BADFORMAT                    CMD_BADFORMAT
 
 #define N_(X,Y) X