diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/errors.go b/modules/caddyhttp/errors.go
index db643998..584f56f3 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/errors.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/errors.go
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@ func Error(statusCode int, err error) HandlerError {
 // HandlerError is a serializable representation of
 // an error from within an HTTP handler.
 type HandlerError struct {
-	Err             error    // the original error value and message
-	StatusCode      int      // the HTTP status code to associate with this error
-	Message         string   // an optional message that can be shown to the user
-	Recommendations []string // an optional list of things to try to resolve the error
+	Err        error // the original error value and message
+	StatusCode int   // the HTTP status code to associate with this error
 
 	ID    string // generated; for identifying this error in logs
 	Trace string // produced from call stack
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/server.go b/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
index c82f74db..34c2b548 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ func (*HTTPErrorConfig) WithError(r *http.Request, err error) *http.Request {
 	if handlerErr, ok := err.(HandlerError); ok {
 		repl.Set("http.error.status_code", strconv.Itoa(handlerErr.StatusCode))
 		repl.Set("http.error.status_text", http.StatusText(handlerErr.StatusCode))
-		repl.Set("http.error.message", handlerErr.Message)
 		repl.Set("http.error.trace", handlerErr.Trace)
 		repl.Set("http.error.id", handlerErr.ID)
 	}