diff --git a/lib/inspec/reporters/cli.rb b/lib/inspec/reporters/cli.rb
index 4185affa4..a78393a92 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/reporters/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/reporters/cli.rb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ module Inspec::Reporters
     end
 
     def all_unique_controls
-      @unique_controls ||= begin
+      @unique_controls ||= begin # rubocop:disable Style/RedundantBegin
                              run_data[:profiles].flat_map do |profile|
                                profile[:controls]
                              end.uniq
diff --git a/lib/inspec/utils/filter.rb b/lib/inspec/utils/filter.rb
index aec87c9ac..ff4517e4e 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/utils/filter.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/utils/filter.rb
@@ -36,14 +36,20 @@ module FilterTable
     # RSpec will check the object returned to see if it responds to a method
     # before calling it. We need to fake it out and tell it that it does. This
     # allows it to skip past that check and fall through to #method_missing
-    def respond_to?(_method)
+    def respond_to?(_method, include_all = false)
       true
     end
 
     def to_s
-      @original_resource.to_s
+      "#{@original_resource} (#{@original_exception.message})"
     end
     alias inspect to_s
+
+    # Rspec is not able to convert FilterTable::ExceptionCatcher issue https://github.com/inspec/inspec/issues/5369
+    # which result into not showing actual exception message this allows to convert it properly.
+    def to_ary
+      [ to_s ]
+    end
   end
 
   class Trace
diff --git a/test/fixtures/profiles/filter_table/controls/filter-table-exception-catcher.rb b/test/fixtures/profiles/filter_table/controls/filter-table-exception-catcher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf84e3159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/profiles/filter_table/controls/filter-table-exception-catcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+control 'exception_catcher_test' do
+  describe shadow('/tmp/no-file').users('root') do
+    its(:passwords) { should_not include('*') }
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/functional/filter_table_test.rb b/test/functional/filter_table_test.rb
index f5a9564b3..0e828e72c 100644
--- a/test/functional/filter_table_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/filter_table_test.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ describe "filtertable functional tests" do
     control_hash
   end
 
+  def skipped_control_test_outcomes(run_result)
+    skipped_controls = @json["profiles"][0]["controls"].select { |ctl| ctl["results"][0]["status"] == "skipped" }
+
+    # Re-package any skipped controls into a hash mapping control_id => message
+    # We will later test against this, as it provides more informative test output
+    control_hash = {}
+    skipped_controls.each do |ctl|
+      control_hash[ctl["id"]] = ctl["results"][0]["skip_message"]
+    end
+    control_hash
+  end
+
   def expect_clean_run(controls)
     run_result = run_result_for_controls(controls)
     outcome_hash = failed_control_test_outcomes(run_result)
@@ -123,4 +135,15 @@ describe "filtertable functional tests" do
       expect_clean_run(controls)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "if control fails" do
+    it "should show the exact error message" do
+      skip_windows!
+      controls = ["exception_catcher_test"]
+      run_result = run_result_for_controls(controls)
+      outcome_hash = skipped_control_test_outcomes(run_result)
+      _(outcome_hash["exception_catcher_test"]).must_include "Can't find file: \/tmp\/no-file"
+      assert_exit_code 101, run_result
+    end
+  end
 end