diff --git a/base/errorshow.jl b/base/errorshow.jl
index 56624c5b39868..a13e6868ffb73 100644
--- a/base/errorshow.jl
+++ b/base/errorshow.jl
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ function show_exception_stack(io::IO, stack::Vector)
     nexc = length(stack)
     for i = nexc:-1:1
         if nexc != i
-            printstyled(io, "caused by [exception ", i, "]\n", color=:light_black)
+            printstyled(io, "\ncaused by:\n", color=:red)
         end
         exc, bt = stack[i]
         showerror(io, exc, bt, backtrace = bt!==nothing)
diff --git a/test/client.jl b/test/client.jl
index 37516fb00ea91..91ae108e9f0e4 100644
--- a/test/client.jl
+++ b/test/client.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ end
 nested_error_pattern = r"""
     ERROR: DivideError: integer division error
     Stacktrace:.*
-    caused by \[exception 1\]
+
+    caused by
     UndefVarError: __not_a_binding__ not defined
     Stacktrace:.*
     """s