diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java
index 2f6422e8a9ae..90c1b7a04a7b 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ public void handleError(ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
 		HttpStatus statusCode = HttpStatus.resolve(response.getRawStatusCode());
 		if (statusCode == null) {
 			byte[] body = getResponseBody(response);
-			String message = getErrorMessage(
-					response.getRawStatusCode(), response.getStatusText(),
-					body, getCharset(response));
+			String message = getErrorMessage(response.getRawStatusCode(),
+					response.getStatusText(), body, getCharset(response));
 			throw new UnknownHttpStatusCodeException(message,
 					response.getRawStatusCode(), response.getStatusText(),
 					response.getHeaders(), body, getCharset(response));
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandlerTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandlerTests.java
index 30d321fa5658..1cb23587d7ae 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/DefaultResponseErrorHandlerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public void handleErrorForCustomClientError() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getRawStatusCode()).isEqualTo(statusCode);
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getStatusText()).isEqualTo(statusText);
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getResponseHeaders()).isEqualTo(headers);
+		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getMessage()).contains(responseBody);
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getResponseBodyAsString()).isEqualTo(responseBody);
 	}
 
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ public void handleErrorForCustomServerError() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getRawStatusCode()).isEqualTo(statusCode);
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getStatusText()).isEqualTo(statusText);
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getResponseHeaders()).isEqualTo(headers);
+		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getMessage()).contains(responseBody);
 		assertThat(actualUnknownHttpStatusCodeException.getResponseBodyAsString()).isEqualTo(responseBody);
 	}
 
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ public void bodyAvailableAfterHasErrorForUnknownStatusCode() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(StreamUtils.copyToString(response.getBody(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).isEqualTo("Hello World");
 	}
 
+
 	private static class TestByteArrayInputStream extends ByteArrayInputStream {
 
 		private boolean closed;