diff --git a/spacy/cli/_util.py b/spacy/cli/_util.py
index 506380b0b..68cb572ea 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/_util.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/_util.py
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ def show_validation_error(
         yield
     except ConfigValidationError as e:
         title = title if title is not None else e.title
+        if e.desc:
+            desc = f"{e.desc}" if not desc else f"{e.desc}\n\n{desc}"
         # Re-generate a new error object with overrides
         err = e.from_error(e, title="", desc=desc, show_config=show_config)
         msg.fail(title)