diff --git a/src/Spectre.Console.Testing/Cli/CommandAppTester.cs b/src/Spectre.Console.Testing/Cli/CommandAppTester.cs
index 00d50806..4ad02764 100644
--- a/src/Spectre.Console.Testing/Cli/CommandAppTester.cs
+++ b/src/Spectre.Console.Testing/Cli/CommandAppTester.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Testing
             }
             catch (T ex)
             {
+                if (ex is CommandAppException commandAppException && commandAppException.Pretty != null)
+                {
+                    console.Write(commandAppException.Pretty);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+                }
+
                 return new CommandAppFailure(ex, console.Output);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/src/Spectre.Console/Cli/CommandAppException.cs b/src/Spectre.Console/Cli/CommandAppException.cs
index a1fd8df4..7d0ef6f1 100644
--- a/src/Spectre.Console/Cli/CommandAppException.cs
+++ b/src/Spectre.Console/Cli/CommandAppException.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Cli
     /// </summary>
     public abstract class CommandAppException : Exception
     {
-        internal IRenderable? Pretty { get; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the pretty formatted exception message.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IRenderable? Pretty { get; }
 
         internal virtual bool AlwaysPropagateWhenDebugging => false;