diff --git a/format/format.go b/format/format.go
index 1a2ed877a..3034c1a54 100644
--- a/format/format.go
+++ b/format/format.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var CharactersAroundMismatchToInclude uint = 5
 var contextType = reflect.TypeOf((*context.Context)(nil)).Elem()
 var timeType = reflect.TypeOf(time.Time{})
 
-//The default indentation string emitted by the format package
+// The default indentation string emitted by the format package
 var Indent = "    "
 
 var longFormThreshold = 20
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ Set PrintContextObjects to true to print the content of objects implementing con
 func Object(object interface{}, indentation uint) string {
 	indent := strings.Repeat(Indent, int(indentation))
 	value := reflect.ValueOf(object)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s<%s>: %s", indent, formatType(value), formatValue(value, indentation))
+	commonRepresentation := ""
+	if err, ok := object.(error); ok {
+		commonRepresentation += "\n" + IndentString(err.Error(), indentation)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s<%s>: %s%s", indent, formatType(value), formatValue(value, indentation), commonRepresentation)
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/format/format_test.go b/format/format_test.go
index 4f43d72a9..eb55cee2f 100644
--- a/format/format_test.go
+++ b/format/format_test.go
@@ -612,6 +612,20 @@ var _ = Describe("Format", func() {
 				Expect(Object(t, 1)).Should(match("time.Time", `2016-10-31T09:57:23.000012345Z`))
 			})
 		})
+
+		Describe("formatting errors", func() {
+			It("should include the error() representation", func() {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("whoops: %w", fmt.Errorf("welp: %w", fmt.Errorf("ruh roh")))
+				Expect(Object(err, 1)).Should(MatchRegexp(`    \<\*fmt\.wrapError \| 0x[0-9a-f]*\>\: \{
+        msg\: "whoops\: welp\: ruh roh",
+        err\: \<\*fmt.wrapError \| 0x[0-9a-f]*\>\{
+            msg\: "welp\: ruh roh",
+            err\: \<\*errors.errorString \| 0x[0-9a-f]*\>\{s\: "ruh roh"\},
+        \},
+    \}
+    whoops\: welp\: ruh roh`))
+			})
+		})
 	})
 
 	Describe("Handling unexported fields in structs", func() {
diff --git a/matchers/have_occurred_matcher.go b/matchers/have_occurred_matcher.go
index 5bcfdd2ad..22a1b6730 100644
--- a/matchers/have_occurred_matcher.go
+++ b/matchers/have_occurred_matcher.go
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ func (matcher *HaveOccurredMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message
 }
 
 func (matcher *HaveOccurredMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected error:\n%s\n%s\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1), format.IndentString(actual.(error).Error(), 1), "occurred")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected error:\n%s\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1), "occurred")
 }
diff --git a/matchers/match_error_matcher_test.go b/matchers/match_error_matcher_test.go
index 99ea9acef..7c81d02fa 100644
--- a/matchers/match_error_matcher_test.go
+++ b/matchers/match_error_matcher_test.go
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ var _ = Describe("MatchErrorMatcher", func() {
 		failuresMessages := InterceptGomegaFailures(func() {
 			Expect(errors.New("foo")).To(MatchError("bar"))
 		})
-		Expect(failuresMessages[0]).To(ContainSubstring("{s: \"foo\"}\nto match error\n    <string>: bar"))
+		Expect(failuresMessages[0]).To(ContainSubstring("{s: \"foo\"}\n    foo\nto match error\n    <string>: bar"))
 	})
 
 	It("shows negated failure message", func() {
 		failuresMessages := InterceptGomegaFailures(func() {
 			Expect(errors.New("foo")).ToNot(MatchError("foo"))
 		})
-		Expect(failuresMessages[0]).To(ContainSubstring("{s: \"foo\"}\nnot to match error\n    <string>: foo"))
+		Expect(failuresMessages[0]).To(ContainSubstring("{s: \"foo\"}\n    foo\nnot to match error\n    <string>: foo"))
 	})
 
 })
diff --git a/matchers/succeed_matcher.go b/matchers/succeed_matcher.go
index da5a39594..327350f7b 100644
--- a/matchers/succeed_matcher.go
+++ b/matchers/succeed_matcher.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (matcher *SucceedMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message strin
 	if errors.As(actual.(error), &fgErr) {
 		return fgErr.FormattedGomegaError()
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Expected success, but got an error:\n%s\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1), format.IndentString(actual.(error).Error(), 1))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Expected success, but got an error:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1))
 }
 
 func (matcher *SucceedMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {