tpl: Do not return any value in errorf

Fixes #6653

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tpl/fmt/fmt.go b/tpl/fmt/fmt.go
index 7e0258650..aa6b8c1a6 100644
--- a/tpl/fmt/fmt.go
+++ b/tpl/fmt/fmt.go
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Println(a ...interface{}) string {
 	return _fmt.Sprintln(a...)
 }
 
-// Errorf formats according to a format specifier and returns the string as a
-// value that satisfies error.
+// Errorf formats according to a format specifier and logs an ERROR.
+// It returns an empty string.
 func (ns *Namespace) Errorf(format string, a ...interface{}) string {
 	ns.errorLogger.Printf(format, a...)
-	return _fmt.Sprintf(format, a...)
+	return ""
 }
 
 // Warnf formats according to a format specifier and logs a WARNING.
diff --git a/tpl/fmt/init.go b/tpl/fmt/init.go
index 14568b45a..6a2c9a856 100644
--- a/tpl/fmt/init.go
+++ b/tpl/fmt/init.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func init() {
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Errorf,
 			[]string{"errorf"},
 			[][2]string{
-				{`{{ errorf "%s." "failed" }}`, `failed.`},
+				{`{{ errorf "%s." "failed" }}`, ``},
 			},
 		)