diff --git a/src/exceptions.jl b/src/exceptions.jl
index 7791b1dd..c346ce08 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.jl
+++ b/src/exceptions.jl
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ struct SingularException <: Exception
     info::BlasInt
 end
 
+function Base.showerror(io::IO, ex::SingularException)
+    print(io, "SingularException: matrix is singular; factorization failed. Zero pivot found at index ", ex.info)
+end
+
 """
     PosDefException
 
diff --git a/test/dense.jl b/test/dense.jl
index 1f953ea9..88eccfa6 100644
--- a/test/dense.jl
+++ b/test/dense.jl
@@ -1366,4 +1366,9 @@ end
     @test !any(LinearAlgebra.getstructure(A))
 end
 
+@testset "SingularException show" begin
+    A = diagm(0=> [1, 0])
+    @test_throws "matrix is singular; factorization failed" inv(A)
+end
+
 end # module TestDense