diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/todo/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/todo/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java
index f2a93b2cf..83ebb6d3b 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/todo/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/todo/org/apache/tools/todo/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class JakartaRegexpMatcher implements RegexpMatcher
         }
         catch( RESyntaxException e )
         {
-            throw new TaskException( e );
+            throw new TaskException( e.toString(), e );
         }
     }