diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4146f71a9..235c823e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   ``--failed-first`` respectively.
   Thanks `@MichaelAquilina`_ for the PR.
 
+* Added expected exceptions to pytest.raises fail message
 
 **Bug Fixes**
 
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index 065971be6..d5612a584 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ def raises(expected_exception, *args, **kwargs):
             func(*args[1:], **kwargs)
         except expected_exception:
             return _pytest._code.ExceptionInfo()
-    pytest.fail("DID NOT RAISE")
+    pytest.fail("DID NOT RAISE {0}".format(expected_exception))
 
 class RaisesContext(object):
     def __init__(self, expected_exception):
@@ -1770,7 +1770,6 @@ class FixtureLookupError(LookupError):
             # the last fixture raise an error, let's present
             # it at the requesting side
             stack = stack[:-1]
-                               
         for function in stack:
             fspath, lineno = getfslineno(function)
             try:
diff --git a/testing/python/raises.py b/testing/python/raises.py
index 0370f982b..0ea7f9bee 100644
--- a/testing/python/raises.py
+++ b/testing/python/raises.py
@@ -70,3 +70,9 @@ class TestRaises:
     def test_tuple(self):
         with pytest.raises((KeyError, ValueError)):
             raise KeyError('oops')
+
+    def test_no_raise_message(self):
+        try:
+            pytest.raises(ValueError, int, '0')
+        except pytest.raises.Exception as e:
+            assert e.msg == "DID NOT RAISE {0}".format(repr(ValueError))