diff --git a/src/expectRevert.js b/src/expectRevert.js
index b1bd9ce..7325de9 100644
--- a/src/expectRevert.js
+++ b/src/expectRevert.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ async function expectException (promise, expectedError) {
     await promise;
   } catch (error) {
     if (error.message.indexOf(expectedError) === -1) {
-      throw Error(`Wrong failure type, expected '${expectedError}' and got '${error.message}'`);
+      const actualError = error.message.replace('Returned error: VM Exception while processing transaction: ', '');
+      assert.fail(`Wrong failure type, expected '${expectedError}' and got '${actualError}'`);
     }
     return;
   }