diff --git a/src/uu/ls/locales/en-US.ftl b/src/uu/ls/locales/en-US.ftl
index 075ec37bf86..b4c19eac1ad 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/locales/en-US.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/ls/locales/en-US.ftl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ls-error-cannot-access-operation-not-permitted = cannot access {$path}: Operatio
 ls-error-cannot-open-directory-permission-denied = cannot open directory {$path}: Permission denied
 ls-error-cannot-access-permission-denied = cannot access {$path}: Permission denied
 ls-error-cannot-open-directory-bad-descriptor = cannot open directory {$path}: Bad file descriptor
-ls-error-unknown-io-error = unknown io error: {$path}, '{$error}'
+ls-error-cannot-access = cannot access {$path}: {$error}
 ls-error-invalid-block-size = invalid --block-size argument {$size}
 ls-error-dired-and-zero-incompatible = --dired and --zero are incompatible
 ls-error-not-directory = cannot access {$path}: Not a directory
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/locales/fr-FR.ftl b/src/uu/ls/locales/fr-FR.ftl
index 06a1a6aa6d4..5403cdd2df5 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/locales/fr-FR.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/ls/locales/fr-FR.ftl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ls-error-cannot-access-operation-not-permitted = impossible d'accéder à {$path
 ls-error-cannot-open-directory-permission-denied = impossible d'ouvrir le répertoire {$path} : Permission refusée
 ls-error-cannot-access-permission-denied = impossible d'accéder à {$path} : Permission refusée
 ls-error-cannot-open-directory-bad-descriptor = impossible d'ouvrir le répertoire {$path} : Mauvais descripteur de fichier
-ls-error-unknown-io-error = erreur d'E/S inconnue : {$path}, '{$error}'
+ls-error-cannot-access = impossible d'accéder à {$path} : {$error}
 ls-error-invalid-block-size = argument --block-size invalide {$size}
 ls-error-dired-and-zero-incompatible = --dired et --zero sont incompatibles
 ls-error-not-listing-already-listed = {$path} : ne liste pas un répertoire déjà listé
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index ec3479b1cdd..6d3051092d9 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ enum LsError {
         _ => if 9 == .1.raw_os_error().unwrap_or(1) {
             translate!("ls-error-cannot-open-directory-bad-descriptor", "path" => .0.quote())
         } else {
-            translate!("ls-error-unknown-io-error", "path" => .0.quote(), "error" => format!("{:?}", .1))
+            translate!("ls-error-cannot-access", "path" => .0.quote(), "error" => strip_errno(.1))
         },
     })]
     IOErrorContext(PathBuf, std::io::Error, bool),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 97f925a4de2..a372cd0042c 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,33 @@ fn test_directory_in_file() {
         .stderr_is("ls: cannot access 'file/missing': Not a directory\n");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_name_too_long() {
+    let name = "a".repeat(300);
+    let result = new_ucmd!().arg(&name).fails_with_code(2);
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    result.stderr_is(format!("ls: cannot access '{name}': File name too long\n"));
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    result
+        .stderr_contains(format!("ls: cannot access '{name}': "))
+        .stderr_does_not_contain("os error");
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn test_invalid_filename_windows() {
+    // `*` and `<` cannot appear in a Windows file name, so the lookup fails
+    // with ERROR_INVALID_NAME rather than "not found"
+    for name in ["a*", "a<b"] {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .arg(name)
+            .fails_with_code(2)
+            .stderr_contains(format!("ls: cannot access '{name}': "))
+            .stderr_does_not_contain("unknown io error")
+            .stderr_does_not_contain("os error");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_invalid_flag() {
     new_ucmd!()