diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2712a5..2a3d5ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # tomlantic
 
 > [!WARNING]  
-> tomlantic is at 0.1.2 and currently, only i use it myself. it isn't battle tested,
+> tomlantic is at 0.1.3 and currently, only i use it myself. it isn't battle tested,
 > so issues may arise.  
 > if you're willing to run into potential bugs and issues, feel free to use it!
 
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ base exception class for all tomlantic errors
 - attributes:
   - loc: `tuple[str, ...]`  
     the location of the error in the toml document  
-    example: `('settings', 'name')`
+    example: `('settings', 'name') = settings.name`
+
+  - msg: `str`  
+    the error 'message' (if any)
 
   - pydantic_error: [`pydantic_core.ErrorDetails`](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/api/pydantic_core/#pydantic_core.ErrorDetails)  
     the original pydantic error, this is what you see in the list of errors when you
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ada23ed..be8f89d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tomlantic"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 description = "marrying pydantic models and tomlkit documents"
 authors = ["Mark Joshwel <mark@joshwel.co>"]
 license = "Unlicense"
 readme = "README.md"
+include = ["README.md"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
diff --git a/tomlantic/tomlantic.py b/tomlantic/tomlantic.py
index 57e3f9a..d0cd1f8 100644
--- a/tomlantic/tomlantic.py
+++ b/tomlantic/tomlantic.py
@@ -144,9 +144,17 @@ class TomlanticException(Exception):
 
 
 class TOMLBaseSingleError(TomlanticException):
-    """base exception class for single errors, e.g. TOMLMissingError, TOMLValueError"""
+    """
+    base exception class for single errors, e.g. TOMLMissingError, TOMLValueError
+
+    attributes:
+      - loc:            `tuple[str]`
+      - msg:            `str`
+      - pydantic_error: `pydantic_core.ErrorDetails`
+    """
 
     loc: Tuple[str, ...]
+    msg: str = ""
     pydantic_error: ErrorDetails
 
     def __init__(
@@ -158,6 +166,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.loc = loc
         self.pydantic_error = pydantic_error
         super().__init__(*args)
+        self.msg = str(self)
 
 
 class TOMLMissingError(TOMLBaseSingleError):