diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLErrorException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLErrorException.java
index ebae180b5..460f9ff13 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLErrorException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLErrorException.java
@@ -34,14 +34,11 @@ public class SASLErrorException extends XMPPException {
     private final Map<String,String> texts;
 
     public SASLErrorException(String mechanism, SASLFailure saslFailure) {
-        super("SASLError using " + mechanism + ": " + saslFailure);
-        this.mechanism = mechanism;
-        this.saslFailure = saslFailure;
-        this.texts = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        this(mechanism, saslFailure, new HashMap<String, String>());
     }
-    
+
     public SASLErrorException(String mechanism, SASLFailure saslFailure, Map<String,String> texts) {
-        super("SASLError using " + mechanism + ": " + saslFailure);
+        super("SASLError using " + mechanism + ": " + saslFailure.getSASLErrorString());
         this.mechanism = mechanism;
         this.saslFailure = saslFailure;
         this.texts = texts;