diff --git a/lib/reporters/base.js b/lib/reporters/base.js
index b1d026fcce..c0f46a0f11 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/base.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/base.js
@@ -239,8 +239,12 @@ exports.list = function(failures) {
         color('error title', '  %s) %s:\n%s') + color('error stack', '\n%s\n');
       var match = message.match(/^([^:]+): expected/);
       msg = '\n      ' + color('error message', match ? match[1] : msg);
-
       msg += generateDiff(err.actual, err.expected);
+    } else {
+      if (msg.includes('\n')) {
+        var errStrSplit = msg.split('\n');
+        msg = errStrSplit.join('\n            ');
+      }
     }
 
     // indent stack trace
@@ -257,7 +261,6 @@ exports.list = function(failures) {
       }
       testTitle += str;
     });
-
     Base.consoleLog(fmt, i + 1, testTitle, msg, stack);
   });
 };