diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
index d10d5b7ed872..0b9cdcf1bb76 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ public function getErrorsAsString($level = 0)
     {
         $errors = '';
         foreach ($this->errors as $error) {
-            $errors .= str_repeat(' ', $level).'ERROR: '.$error->getMessageTemplate()."\n";
+            $errors .= str_repeat(' ', $level).'ERROR: '.$error->getMessage()."\n";
         }
 
         if ($this->hasChildren()) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormError.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormError.php
index ef1eb6bd5481..3a389cfd9b87 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormError.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormError.php
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ public function __construct($messageTemplate, array $messageParameters = array()
         $this->messageParameters = $messageParameters;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the error message
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getMessage()
+    {
+        return strtr($this->messageTemplate, $this->messageParameters);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the error message template
      *