diff --git a/kiss/src/kiss/Prelude.hx b/kiss/src/kiss/Prelude.hx
index 0d7d79bc..e756e47a 100644
--- a/kiss/src/kiss/Prelude.hx
+++ b/kiss/src/kiss/Prelude.hx
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class Prelude {
             case 0:
                 return p.stdout.readAll().toString().trim();
             default:
-                throw p.stderr.readAll().toString().trim();
+                throw 'process $command $args failed:\n${p.stdout.readAll().toString().trim() + p.stderr.readAll().toString().trim()}';
         }
         #elseif hxnodejs
         var p = if (inputLines != null) {
@@ -425,8 +425,9 @@ class Prelude {
                 var output:Buffer = p.stdout;
                 return output.toString();
             default:
-                var error:String = p.stderr;
-                throw error;
+                var output:Buffer = p.stdout;
+                var error:Buffer = p.stderr;
+                throw 'process $command $args failed:\n${output.toString() + error.toString()}';
         }
         #else
         throw "Can't run a subprocess on this target.";
diff --git a/kiss/src/test/cases/ExternTestCase.kiss b/kiss/src/test/cases/ExternTestCase.kiss
index aae3e2ba..b334168d 100644
--- a/kiss/src/test/cases/ExternTestCase.kiss
+++ b/kiss/src/test/cases/ExternTestCase.kiss
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@
     (Assert.equals 18
         (let [jsToEval "5+6+7"]
             (#extern Int js [:String jsToEval _]
-                (js.Lib.eval jsToEval)))))
-)
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+                (js.Lib.eval jsToEval))))))
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