diff --git a/doc-src/SASS_CHANGELOG.md b/doc-src/SASS_CHANGELOG.md
index 0ba0ca70..8d576141 100644
--- a/doc-src/SASS_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc-src/SASS_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Several bug fixes and minor improvements have been made, including:
 
 * Only displaying the text for the current line when reporting CSS parsing errors.
 
+* Displaying the expected strings as strings rather than regular expressions
+  whenever possible.
+
 ## [2.2.4](http://github.com/nex3/haml/commit/2.2.4)
 
 * Don't add `require 'rubygems'` to the top of init.rb when installed
diff --git a/lib/sass/css.rb b/lib/sass/css.rb
index b4b14b15..d1a4996e 100644
--- a/lib/sass/css.rb
+++ b/lib/sass/css.rb
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ module Sass
       after = "..." + after if pos >= 15
 
       # Display basic regexps as plain old strings
-      expected = re.source == Regexp.escape(re.source) ? "\"#{re.source}\"" : re.inspect
+      string = re.source.gsub(/\\(.)/, '\1')
+      expected = re.source == Regexp.escape(string) ? string.inspect : re.inspect
 
       was = @template.rest[0...15].gsub(/\n.*/m, '')
       was += "..." if @template.rest.size >= 15
diff --git a/test/sass/css2sass_test.rb b/test/sass/css2sass_test.rb
index ef8571bd..3b14b43a 100644
--- a/test/sass/css2sass_test.rb
+++ b/test/sass/css2sass_test.rb
@@ -230,12 +230,14 @@ SASS
 CSS
   end
 
+  # Error reporting
+
   def test_error_reporting
     css2sass("foo")
     assert(false, "Expected exception")
   rescue Sass::SyntaxError => err
     assert_equal(1, err.sass_line)
-    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "foo": expected /\{/, was ""', err.message)
+    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "foo": expected "{", was ""', err.message)
   end
 
   def test_error_reporting_in_line
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ CSS
     assert(false, "Expected exception")
   rescue Sass::SyntaxError => err
     assert_equal(2, err.sass_line)
-    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "bar ": expected /\{/, was "}"', err.message)
+    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "bar ": expected "{", was "}"', err.message)
   end
 
   def test_error_truncate_after
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ CSS
     assert(false, "Expected exception")
   rescue Sass::SyntaxError => err
     assert_equal(1, err.sass_line)
-    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "...aaaaaaaaaaaafoo": expected /\{/, was ""', err.message)
+    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "...aaaaaaaaaaaafoo": expected "{", was ""', err.message)
   end
 
   def test_error_truncate_was
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ CSS
     assert(false, "Expected exception")
   rescue Sass::SyntaxError => err
     assert_equal(1, err.sass_line)
-    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "foo ": expected /\{/, was "}aaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."', err.message)
+    assert_equal('Invalid CSS after "foo ": expected "{", was "}aaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."', err.message)
   end
 
   private