diff --git a/nano/core_test/assert.cpp b/nano/core_test/assert.cpp
index 32a40a300..0a49a595c 100644
--- a/nano/core_test/assert.cpp
+++ b/nano/core_test/assert.cpp
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 TEST (assert_DeathTest, debug_assert)
 {
 	debug_assert (true);
-	ASSERT_DEATH (debug_assert (false), ".*Assertion \\(false\\) failed.*");
+	ASSERT_DEATH (debug_assert (false, "test"), ".*Assertion `false` failed: test.*");
 }
 
 TEST (assert_DeathTest, release_assert)
 {
 	release_assert (true);
-	ASSERT_DEATH (release_assert (false), ".*Assertion \\(false\\) failed.*");
+	ASSERT_DEATH (release_assert (false, "test"), ".*Assertion `false` failed: test.*");
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nano/lib/assert.cpp b/nano/lib/assert.cpp
index 0a607b3dc..e93221fb4 100644
--- a/nano/lib/assert.cpp
+++ b/nano/lib/assert.cpp
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
 void assert_internal (char const * check_expr, char const * func, char const * file, unsigned int line, bool is_release_assert, std::string_view error_msg)
 {
 	std::stringstream ss;
-	ss << "Assertion (" << check_expr << ") failed";
+	ss << "Assertion `" << check_expr << "` failed";
 	if (!error_msg.empty ())
 	{
-		ss << ": " << error_msg << "\n";
+		ss << ": " << error_msg;
 	}
+	ss << "\n";
 	ss << file << ":" << line << " [" << func << "]"
 	   << "'\n";