diff --git a/dart-api-dl/Cargo.toml b/dart-api-dl/Cargo.toml
index 68fee02..9a0ce14 100644
--- a/dart-api-dl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dart-api-dl/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 dart-api-dl-sys = { package = "xayn-dart-api-dl-sys", version = "0.3.0" }
+displaydoc = "0.2.3"
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
diff --git a/dart-api-dl/src/lifecycle.rs b/dart-api-dl/src/lifecycle.rs
index c92a2b5..8af0e54 100644
--- a/dart-api-dl/src/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/dart-api-dl/src/lifecycle.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use std::ffi::c_void;
 
 use dart_api_dl_sys::Dart_InitializeApiDL;
 
+use displaydoc::Display;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -98,14 +99,12 @@ impl DartRuntime {
 }
 
 /// Error representing that initialization failed.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Error)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Error, Display)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum InitializationFailed {
     /// Initialization was not yet done.
-    #[error("initialize_dart_api_dl was not yet called")]
     InitNotYetCalled,
     /// Initialization failed.
-    #[error("initializing dart api dl failed")]
     InitFailed,
 }