diff --git a/docs/source/api.rst b/docs/source/api.rst
index 57059f442..7f8570755 100644
--- a/docs/source/api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api.rst
@@ -1112,8 +1112,18 @@ Neo4j Execution Errors
 
 .. autoclass:: neo4j.exceptions.Neo4jError
 
-    Raised when the Cypher engine returns an error to the client.
-    There are many possible types of Cypher error, each identified by a unique `status code <https://neo4j.com/docs/status-codes/current/>`_.
+    .. autoproperty:: message
+
+    .. autoproperty:: code
+
+    There are many Neo4j status codes, see `status code <https://neo4j.com/docs/status-codes/current/>`_.
+
+    .. autoproperty:: classification
+
+    .. autoproperty:: category
+
+    .. autoproperty:: title
+
 
 .. autoclass:: neo4j.exceptions.ClientError
     :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/neo4j/exceptions.py b/neo4j/exceptions.py
index 4a7b05b28..91e7c72d3 100644
--- a/neo4j/exceptions.py
+++ b/neo4j/exceptions.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ def _extract_error_class(cls, classification, code):
         else:
             return cls
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "{{code: {code}}} {{message: {message}}}".format(code=self.code, message=self.message)
+
 
 class ClientError(Neo4jError):
     """ The Client sent a bad request - changing the request might yield a successful outcome.