diff --git a/support/testing/tests/utils/test_get_developers.py b/support/testing/tests/utils/test_get_developers.py
index 0b313c7c59..ffc01f6ce7 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/utils/test_get_developers.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/utils/test_get_developers.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TestGetDevelopers(unittest.TestCase):
         # -v generating error, called from the main dir
         developers = b'text1\n'
         out, err, rc = call_get_developers("./utils/get-developers", ["-v"], self.WITH_EMPTY_PATH, topdir, developers)
-        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 0: 'text1'", err)
+        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 1: 'text1'", err)
         self.assertEqual(rc, 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(err), 1)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TestGetDevelopers(unittest.TestCase):
         # -v generating error, called from path
         developers = b'text2\n'
         out, err, rc = call_get_developers("get-developers", ["-v"], self.WITH_UTILS_IN_PATH, topdir, developers)
-        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 0: 'text2'", err)
+        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 1: 'text2'", err)
         self.assertEqual(rc, 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(err), 1)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TestGetDevelopers(unittest.TestCase):
                      b'N:\tAuthor2 <email>\n' \
                      b'F:\tutils/get-developers\n'
         out, err, rc = call_get_developers("get-developers", ["-v"], self.WITH_UTILS_IN_PATH, topdir, developers)
-        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 1", err)
+        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 4", err)
         self.assertEqual(rc, 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(err), 1)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class TestGetDevelopers(unittest.TestCase):
                      b'N:\tAuthor3 <email>\n' \
                      b'F:\tutils/get-developers\n'
         out, err, rc = call_get_developers("get-developers", ["-v"], self.WITH_UTILS_IN_PATH, topdir, developers)
-        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 1", err)
+        self.assertIn("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line 4", err)
         self.assertEqual(rc, 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(err), 1)
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ class TestGetDevelopers(unittest.TestCase):
                      b'F:\tpath/that/does/not/exists/1\n' \
                      b'F:\tpath/that/does/not/exists/2\n'
         out, err, rc = call_get_developers("get-developers", ["-v"], self.WITH_UTILS_IN_PATH, topdir, developers)
-        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/1' doesn't match any file", err)
-        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/2' doesn't match any file", err)
+        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/1' doesn't match any file, line 2", err)
+        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/2' doesn't match any file, line 3", err)
         self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(out), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(err), 2)
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ class TestGetDevelopers(unittest.TestCase):
                      b'F:\tpath/that/does/not/exists/1\n' \
                      b'F:\tpath/that/does/not/exists/2\n'
         out, err, rc = call_get_developers("./utils/get-developers", ["-c"], self.WITH_EMPTY_PATH, topdir, developers)
-        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/1' doesn't match any file", err)
-        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/2' doesn't match any file", err)
+        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/1' doesn't match any file, line 2", err)
+        self.assertIn("WARNING: 'path/that/does/not/exists/2' doesn't match any file, line 3", err)
         self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
         self.assertGreater(len(out), 1000)
         self.assertEqual(len(err), 2)
diff --git a/utils/getdeveloperlib.py b/utils/getdeveloperlib.py
index dbd21af443..e7d0d23e49 100644
--- a/utils/getdeveloperlib.py
+++ b/utils/getdeveloperlib.py
@@ -236,12 +236,13 @@ def parse_developers(filename=None):
         files = []
         name = None
         for line in f:
+            linen += 1
             line = line.strip()
             if line.startswith("#"):
                 continue
             elif line.startswith("N:"):
                 if name is not None or len(files) != 0:
-                    print("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line %d" % linen,
+                    print("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line %d" % (linen - 1),
                           file=sys.stderr)
                     return None
                 name = line[2:].strip()
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def parse_developers(filename=None):
                 fname = line[2:].strip()
                 dev_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(brpath, fname))
                 if len(dev_files) == 0:
-                    print("WARNING: '%s' doesn't match any file" % fname,
+                    print("WARNING: '%s' doesn't match any file, line %d" % (fname, linen),
                           file=sys.stderr)
                 for f in dev_files:
                     dev_file = os.path.relpath(f, brpath)
@@ -267,7 +268,6 @@ def parse_developers(filename=None):
                 print("Syntax error in DEVELOPERS file, line %d: '%s'" % (linen, line),
                       file=sys.stderr)
                 return None
-            linen += 1
     # handle last developer
     if name is not None:
         developers.append(Developer(name, files))