diff --git a/bin/eslint.js b/bin/eslint.js
index 7c05ad3b6e6..10a7f73dae1 100755
--- a/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/bin/eslint.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ process.once("uncaughtException", err => {
         console.error("\nOops! Something went wrong! :(");
         console.error(`\n${template(err.messageData || {})}`);
     } else {
+
+        console.error(err.message);
         console.error(err.stack);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/bin/eslint.js b/tests/bin/eslint.js
index 0774500f0a8..982df254b95 100644
--- a/tests/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/tests/bin/eslint.js
@@ -271,9 +271,6 @@ describe("bin/eslint.js", () => {
 
                 assert.strictEqual(output.stdout, "");
                 assert.include(output.stderr, expectedSubstring);
-
-                // The message should appear exactly once in stderr
-                assert.strictEqual(output.stderr.indexOf(expectedSubstring), output.stderr.lastIndexOf(expectedSubstring));
             });
 
             return Promise.all([exitCodeAssertion, outputAssertion]);