diff --git a/history.md b/history.md
index 994361a..3820ac4 100644
--- a/history.md
+++ b/history.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 1.6.1
+
+- add response body in Exception#inspect
+
 # 1.6.0
 
 - forgot to include rest-client.rb in the gem
diff --git a/lib/restclient/exceptions.rb b/lib/restclient/exceptions.rb
index 7159394..f12ebd1 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/exceptions.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/exceptions.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module RestClient
     end
 
     def inspect
-      "#{message} #{http_code}"
+      "#{message} #{http_code}: #{http_body}"
     end
 
     def to_s