diff --git a/mrbgems/mruby-bin-mirb/tools/mirb/mirb.c b/mrbgems/mruby-bin-mirb/tools/mirb/mirb.c
index 5f32539d8..1ea9d33a2 100644
--- a/mrbgems/mruby-bin-mirb/tools/mirb/mirb.c
+++ b/mrbgems/mruby-bin-mirb/tools/mirb/mirb.c
@@ -112,19 +112,17 @@ get_history_path(mrb_state *mrb)
 #endif
 
 static void
-p(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value obj, int prompt)
+p(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value obj)
 {
   mrb_value val;
   char* msg;
 
   val = mrb_funcall_argv(mrb, obj, MRB_SYM(inspect), 0, NULL);
-  if (prompt) {
-    if (!mrb->exc) {
-      fputs(" => ", stdout);
-    }
-    else {
-      val = mrb_funcall_id(mrb, mrb_obj_value(mrb->exc), MRB_SYM(inspect), 0);
-    }
+  if (!mrb->exc) {
+    fputs(" => ", stdout);
+  }
+  else {
+    val = mrb_exc_get_output(mrb, mrb->exc);
   }
   if (!mrb_string_p(val)) {
     val = mrb_obj_as_string(mrb, obj);
@@ -135,6 +133,22 @@ p(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value obj, int prompt)
   putc('\n', stdout);
 }
 
+static void
+p_error(mrb_state *mrb, struct RObject* exc)
+{
+  mrb_value val;
+  char* msg;
+
+  val = mrb_exc_get_output(mrb, exc);
+  if (!mrb_string_p(val)) {
+    val = mrb_obj_as_string(mrb, val);
+  }
+  msg = mrb_locale_from_utf8(RSTRING_PTR(val), (int)RSTRING_LEN(val));
+  fwrite(msg, strlen(msg), 1, stdout);
+  mrb_locale_free(msg);
+  putc('\n', stdout);
+}
+
 /* Guess if the user might want to enter more
  * or if they wants an evaluation of their code now */
 static mrb_bool
@@ -672,7 +686,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* did an exception occur? */
         if (mrb->exc) {
           MRB_EXC_CHECK_EXIT(mrb, mrb->exc);
-          p(mrb, mrb_obj_value(mrb->exc), 0);
+          p_error(mrb, mrb->exc);
           mrb->exc = 0;
         }
         else {
@@ -680,7 +694,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
           if (!mrb_respond_to(mrb, result, MRB_SYM(inspect))){
             result = mrb_any_to_s(mrb, result);
           }
-          p(mrb, result, 1);
+          p(mrb, result);
 #ifndef MRB_NO_MIRB_UNDERSCORE
           *(mrb->c->ci->stack + 1) = result;
 #endif