diff --git a/lib/src/http/response_format_exception.dart b/lib/src/http/response_format_exception.dart
index 8c2a5d99..dea1eeb1 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/response_format_exception.dart
+++ b/lib/src/http/response_format_exception.dart
@@ -34,25 +34,21 @@ class ResponseFormatException implements Exception {
   ResponseFormatException(this.contentType, this.encoding,
       {this.body, this.bytes});
 
-  /// Descriptive error message that includes the content-type, encoding, as
-  /// well as the string or bytes that could not be encoded or decoded,
-  /// respectively.
+  /// Error message that includes the content-type an encoding
   String get message {
     String description;
-    String bodyLine;
     if (body != null) {
       description = 'Body could not be encoded.';
-      bodyLine = 'Body: $body';
     } else {
       description = 'Bytes could not be decoded.';
-      bodyLine = 'Bytes: $bytes';
     }
 
     String msg = description;
     final encodingName = encoding?.name ?? 'null';
     msg += '\n\tContent-Type: $contentType';
     msg += '\n\tEncoding: $encodingName';
-    msg += '\n\t$bodyLine';
+    // WARNING: Do not include `bytes` or `body` in the error message. It may contain
+    // sensitive information that we do not want logged.
 
     return msg;
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/http/http_body_test.dart b/test/unit/http/http_body_test.dart
index 3579d65e..8fd70874 100644
--- a/test/unit/http/http_body_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/http/http_body_test.dart
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void main() {
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Body could not be encoded'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Content-Type: $contentType'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Encoding: ${ascii.name}'));
-        expect(exception.toString(), contains('bodyçå®'));
+        expect(exception.toString(), isNot(contains('bodyçå®')));
       });
 
       test('should throw ResponseFormatException if bytes cannot be decoded',
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Bytes could not be decoded'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Content-Type: $contentType'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Encoding: ${ascii.name}'));
-        expect(
-            exception.toString(), contains(utf8.encode('bodyçå®').toString()));
+        expect(exception.toString(),
+            isNot(contains(utf8.encode('bodyçå®')).toString()));
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/http/response_format_exception_test.dart b/test/unit/http/response_format_exception_test.dart
index a003a0bd..11086287 100644
--- a/test/unit/http/response_format_exception_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/http/response_format_exception_test.dart
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Bytes could not be decoded'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Content-Type: $contentType'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Encoding: ${ascii.name}'));
-        expect(
-            exception.toString(), contains(utf8.encode('bodyçå®').toString()));
+        // Do not log bytes, which may contain sensitive information
+        expect(exception.toString(), isNot(contains(bytes).toString()));
       });
 
       test('should detail why string could not be encoded', () {
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Body could not be encoded'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Content-Type: $contentType'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Encoding: ${ascii.name}'));
-        expect(exception.toString(), contains('bodyçå®'));
+        // Do not log body, which may contain sensitive information
+        expect(exception.toString(), isNot(contains(body)));
       });
 
       test('should warn if encoding is null', () {
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Body could not be encoded'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Content-Type: $contentType'));
         expect(exception.toString(), contains('Encoding: null'));
-        expect(exception.toString(), contains('bodyçå®'));
+        // Do not log body, which may contain sensitive information
+        expect(exception.toString(), isNot(contains(body)));
       });
     });
   });