diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
index bb0c982b..57889644 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ class binary_reader
 
             if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
             {
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "expected end of input"));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
+                                        parse_error::create(110, chars_read, exception_message(format, "expected end of input; last byte: 0x" + get_token_string(), "value")));
             }
         }
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             // EOF
             case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return unexpect_eof();
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "value");
 
             // Integer 0x00..0x17 (0..23)
             case 0x00:
@@ -165,25 +166,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
             {
                 uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
             {
                 uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
             {
                 uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
@@ -216,25 +217,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x38: // Negative integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
             }
 
             case 0x39: // Negative integer -1-n (two-byte uint16_t follows)
             {
                 uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
             }
 
             case 0x3A: // Negative integer -1-n (four-byte uint32_t follows)
             {
                 uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
             }
 
             case 0x3B: // Negative integer -1-n (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
             {
                 uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1)
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1)
                         - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
             }
 
@@ -303,25 +304,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x98: // array (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x99: // array (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x9A: // array (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x9B: // array (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x9F: // array (indefinite length)
@@ -357,25 +358,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xB8: // map (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xB9: // map (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xBA: // map (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xBB: // map (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xBF: // map (indefinite length)
@@ -393,12 +394,12 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xF9: // Half-Precision Float (two-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 const int byte1_raw = get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "number")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
                 const int byte2_raw = get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "number")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -441,19 +442,19 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading CBOR; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             // EOF
             case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return unexpect_eof();
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::msgpack, "value");
 
             // positive fixint
             case 0x00:
@@ -688,61 +689,61 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xCA: // float 32
             {
                 float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCB: // float 64
             {
                 double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCC: // uint 8
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCD: // uint 16
             {
                 uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCE: // uint 32
             {
                 uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCF: // uint 64
             {
                 uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD0: // int 8
             {
                 int8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD1: // int 16
             {
                 int16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD2: // int 32
             {
                 int32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD3: // int 64
             {
                 int64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD9: // str 8
@@ -756,25 +757,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xDC: // array 16
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xDD: // array 32
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xDE: // map 16
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xDF: // map 32
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             // negative fixint
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default: // anything else
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading MessagePack; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief read a number from the input
 
     @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @param[in] format   the current format (for diagnostics)
     @param[out] result  number of type @a NumberType
 
     @return whether conversion completed
@@ -874,14 +876,14 @@ class binary_reader
           (big endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
     */
     template<typename NumberType>
-    bool get_number(NumberType& result)
+    bool get_number(const input_format_t format, NumberType& result)
     {
         // step 1: read input into array with system's byte order
         std::array<uint8_t, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(NumberType); ++i)
         {
             get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(format, "number")))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -906,8 +908,9 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
 
     @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @param[in] format the current format (for diagnostics)
     @param[in] len number of characters to read
-    @param[out] string created by reading @a len bytes
+    @param[out] result string created by reading @a len bytes
 
     @return whether string creation completed
 
@@ -916,13 +919,13 @@ class binary_reader
           the input before we run out of string memory.
     */
     template<typename NumberType>
-    bool get_string(const NumberType len, string_t& result)
+    bool get_string(const input_format_t format, const NumberType len, string_t& result)
     {
         bool success = true;
-        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this, &success]()
+        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this, &success, &format]()
         {
             get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(format, "string")))
             {
                 success = false;
             }
@@ -944,7 +947,7 @@ class binary_reader
     */
     bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
         {
             return false;
         }
@@ -977,31 +980,31 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x76:
             case 0x77:
             {
-                return get_string(current & 0x1F, result);
+                return get_string(input_format_t::cbor, current & 0x1F, result);
             }
 
             case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
@@ -1021,7 +1024,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1124,7 +1127,7 @@ class binary_reader
     */
     bool get_msgpack_string(string_t& result)
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::msgpack, "string")))
         {
             return false;
         }
@@ -1165,31 +1168,31 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xBE:
             case 0xBF:
             {
-                return get_string(current & 0x1F, result);
+                return get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, current & 0x1F, result);
             }
 
             case 0xD9: // str 8
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0xDA: // str 16
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0xDB: // str 32
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
 
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a MessagePack string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, "expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1267,7 +1270,7 @@ class binary_reader
             get();  // TODO: may we ignore N here?
         }
 
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value")))
         {
             return false;
         }
@@ -1277,36 +1280,36 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'U':
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'i':
             {
                 int8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'I':
             {
                 int16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'l':
             {
                 int32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'L':
             {
                 int64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             default:
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a UBJSON string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
         }
     }
 
@@ -1321,7 +1324,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'U':
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1332,7 +1335,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'i':
             {
                 int8_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1343,7 +1346,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'I':
             {
                 int16_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1354,7 +1357,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'l':
             {
                 int32_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1365,7 +1368,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'L':
             {
                 int64_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1376,7 +1379,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "byte after '#' must denote a number type; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L) after '#'; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "size")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1401,7 +1404,7 @@ class binary_reader
         if (current == '$')
         {
             result.second = get();  // must not ignore 'N', because 'N' maybe the type
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "type")))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -1409,12 +1412,12 @@ class binary_reader
             get_ignore_noop();
             if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != '#'))
             {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "expected '#' after UBJSON type information; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected '#' after type information; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "size")));
             }
 
             return get_ubjson_size_value(result.first);
@@ -1435,7 +1438,7 @@ class binary_reader
         switch (prefix)
         {
             case std::char_traits<char>::eof():  // EOF
-                return unexpect_eof();
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value");
 
             case 'T':  // true
                 return sax->boolean(true);
@@ -1448,56 +1451,56 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'U':
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'i':
             {
                 int8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'I':
             {
                 int16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'l':
             {
                 int32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'L':
             {
                 int64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'd':
             {
                 float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'D':
             {
                 double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'C':  // char
             {
                 get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "char")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
                 if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current > 127))
                 {
                     auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "char")));
                 }
                 string_t s(1, static_cast<char>(current));
                 return sax->string(s);
@@ -1518,7 +1521,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default: // anything else
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading UBJSON; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1661,13 +1664,16 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /*!
+    @param[in] format   the current format (for diagnostics)
+    @param[in] context  further context information (for diagnostics)
     @return whether the last read character is not EOF
     */
-    bool unexpect_eof() const
+    bool unexpect_eof(const input_format_t format, const char* context) const
     {
         if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current == std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
         {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, "<end of file>", parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
+            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, "<end of file>",
+                                    parse_error::create(110, chars_read, exception_message(format, "unexpected end of input", context)));
         }
         return true;
     }
@@ -1683,6 +1689,41 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
   private:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] format   the current format
+    @param[in] detail   a detailed error message
+    @param[in] context  further contect information
+    @return a message string to use in the parse_error exceptions
+    */
+    std::string exception_message(const input_format_t format,
+                                  const std::string& detail,
+                                  const std::string& context) const
+    {
+        std::string error_msg = "syntax error while parsing ";
+
+        switch (format)
+        {
+            case input_format_t::cbor:
+                error_msg += "CBOR";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::msgpack:
+                error_msg += "MessagePack";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::ubjson:
+                error_msg += "UBJSON";
+                break;
+
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default:
+                assert(false);
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+        }
+
+        return error_msg + " " + context + ": " + detail;
+    }
+
     /// input adapter
     input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
 
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp
index b93dc6a3..d4b5e98f 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ class binary_writer
         }
         else
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ class binary_writer
         // LCOV_EXCL_START
         else
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
         }
         // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
     }
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index dc206d30..f744366c 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -6297,7 +6297,8 @@ class binary_reader
 
             if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
             {
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "expected end of input"));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
+                                        parse_error::create(110, chars_read, exception_message(format, "expected end of input; last byte: 0x" + get_token_string(), "value")));
             }
         }
 
@@ -6330,7 +6331,7 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             // EOF
             case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return unexpect_eof();
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "value");
 
             // Integer 0x00..0x17 (0..23)
             case 0x00:
@@ -6362,25 +6363,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
             {
                 uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
             {
                 uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
             {
                 uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
@@ -6413,25 +6414,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x38: // Negative integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
             }
 
             case 0x39: // Negative integer -1-n (two-byte uint16_t follows)
             {
                 uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
             }
 
             case 0x3A: // Negative integer -1-n (four-byte uint32_t follows)
             {
                 uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
             }
 
             case 0x3B: // Negative integer -1-n (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
             {
                 uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1)
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1)
                         - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
             }
 
@@ -6500,25 +6501,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x98: // array (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x99: // array (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x9A: // array (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x9B: // array (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0x9F: // array (indefinite length)
@@ -6554,25 +6555,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xB8: // map (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xB9: // map (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xBA: // map (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xBB: // map (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xBF: // map (indefinite length)
@@ -6590,12 +6591,12 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xF9: // Half-Precision Float (two-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 const int byte1_raw = get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "number")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
                 const int byte2_raw = get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "number")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -6638,19 +6639,19 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading CBOR; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -6664,7 +6665,7 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             // EOF
             case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return unexpect_eof();
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::msgpack, "value");
 
             // positive fixint
             case 0x00:
@@ -6885,61 +6886,61 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xCA: // float 32
             {
                 float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCB: // float 64
             {
                 double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCC: // uint 8
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCD: // uint 16
             {
                 uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCE: // uint 32
             {
                 uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCF: // uint 64
             {
                 uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD0: // int 8
             {
                 int8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD1: // int 16
             {
                 int16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD2: // int 32
             {
                 int32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD3: // int 64
             {
                 int64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD9: // str 8
@@ -6953,25 +6954,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xDC: // array 16
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xDD: // array 32
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xDE: // map 16
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             case 0xDF: // map 32
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
             // negative fixint
@@ -7012,7 +7013,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default: // anything else
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading MessagePack; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -7062,6 +7063,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief read a number from the input
 
     @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @param[in] format   the current format (for diagnostics)
     @param[out] result  number of type @a NumberType
 
     @return whether conversion completed
@@ -7071,14 +7073,14 @@ class binary_reader
           (big endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
     */
     template<typename NumberType>
-    bool get_number(NumberType& result)
+    bool get_number(const input_format_t format, NumberType& result)
     {
         // step 1: read input into array with system's byte order
         std::array<uint8_t, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(NumberType); ++i)
         {
             get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(format, "number")))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -7103,8 +7105,9 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
 
     @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @param[in] format the current format (for diagnostics)
     @param[in] len number of characters to read
-    @param[out] string created by reading @a len bytes
+    @param[out] result string created by reading @a len bytes
 
     @return whether string creation completed
 
@@ -7113,13 +7116,13 @@ class binary_reader
           the input before we run out of string memory.
     */
     template<typename NumberType>
-    bool get_string(const NumberType len, string_t& result)
+    bool get_string(const input_format_t format, const NumberType len, string_t& result)
     {
         bool success = true;
-        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this, &success]()
+        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this, &success, &format]()
         {
             get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(format, "string")))
             {
                 success = false;
             }
@@ -7141,7 +7144,7 @@ class binary_reader
     */
     bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
         {
             return false;
         }
@@ -7174,31 +7177,31 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x76:
             case 0x77:
             {
-                return get_string(current & 0x1F, result);
+                return get_string(input_format_t::cbor, current & 0x1F, result);
             }
 
             case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
             {
                 uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
@@ -7218,7 +7221,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -7321,7 +7324,7 @@ class binary_reader
     */
     bool get_msgpack_string(string_t& result)
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::msgpack, "string")))
         {
             return false;
         }
@@ -7362,31 +7365,31 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xBE:
             case 0xBF:
             {
-                return get_string(current & 0x1F, result);
+                return get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, current & 0x1F, result);
             }
 
             case 0xD9: // str 8
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0xDA: // str 16
             {
                 uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
 
             case 0xDB: // str 32
             {
                 uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
 
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a MessagePack string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, "expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -7464,7 +7467,7 @@ class binary_reader
             get();  // TODO: may we ignore N here?
         }
 
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value")))
         {
             return false;
         }
@@ -7474,36 +7477,36 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'U':
             {
                 uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'i':
             {
                 int8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'I':
             {
                 int16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'l':
             {
                 int32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             case 'L':
             {
                 int64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
             }
 
             default:
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a UBJSON string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
         }
     }
 
@@ -7518,7 +7521,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'U':
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -7529,7 +7532,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'i':
             {
                 int8_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -7540,7 +7543,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'I':
             {
                 int16_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -7551,7 +7554,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'l':
             {
                 int32_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -7562,7 +7565,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'L':
             {
                 int64_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -7573,7 +7576,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "byte after '#' must denote a number type; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L) after '#'; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "size")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -7598,7 +7601,7 @@ class binary_reader
         if (current == '$')
         {
             result.second = get();  // must not ignore 'N', because 'N' maybe the type
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "type")))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -7606,12 +7609,12 @@ class binary_reader
             get_ignore_noop();
             if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != '#'))
             {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "expected '#' after UBJSON type information; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected '#' after type information; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "size")));
             }
 
             return get_ubjson_size_value(result.first);
@@ -7632,7 +7635,7 @@ class binary_reader
         switch (prefix)
         {
             case std::char_traits<char>::eof():  // EOF
-                return unexpect_eof();
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value");
 
             case 'T':  // true
                 return sax->boolean(true);
@@ -7645,56 +7648,56 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'U':
             {
                 uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'i':
             {
                 int8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'I':
             {
                 int16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'l':
             {
                 int32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'L':
             {
                 int64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'd':
             {
                 float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'D':
             {
                 double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'C':  // char
             {
                 get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "char")))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
                 if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current > 127))
                 {
                     auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "char")));
                 }
                 string_t s(1, static_cast<char>(current));
                 return sax->string(s);
@@ -7715,7 +7718,7 @@ class binary_reader
             default: // anything else
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading UBJSON; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -7858,13 +7861,16 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /*!
+    @param[in] format   the current format (for diagnostics)
+    @param[in] context  further context information (for diagnostics)
     @return whether the last read character is not EOF
     */
-    bool unexpect_eof() const
+    bool unexpect_eof(const input_format_t format, const char* context) const
     {
         if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current == std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
         {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, "<end of file>", parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
+            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, "<end of file>",
+                                    parse_error::create(110, chars_read, exception_message(format, "unexpected end of input", context)));
         }
         return true;
     }
@@ -7880,6 +7886,41 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
   private:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] format   the current format
+    @param[in] detail   a detailed error message
+    @param[in] context  further contect information
+    @return a message string to use in the parse_error exceptions
+    */
+    std::string exception_message(const input_format_t format,
+                                  const std::string& detail,
+                                  const std::string& context) const
+    {
+        std::string error_msg = "syntax error while parsing ";
+
+        switch (format)
+        {
+            case input_format_t::cbor:
+                error_msg += "CBOR";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::msgpack:
+                error_msg += "MessagePack";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::ubjson:
+                error_msg += "UBJSON";
+                break;
+
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default:
+                assert(false);
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+        }
+
+        return error_msg + " " + context + ": " + detail;
+    }
+
     /// input adapter
     input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
 
@@ -8670,7 +8711,7 @@ class binary_writer
         }
         else
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -8724,7 +8765,7 @@ class binary_writer
         // LCOV_EXCL_START
         else
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
         }
         // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
     }
diff --git a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
index 62520a0b..d7f52ed8 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
@@ -831,14 +831,14 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
                     {
                         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9})), json::parse_error&);
                         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9})),
-                                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
                         CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9}), true, false).is_discarded());
                     }
                     SECTION("only one byte follows")
                     {
                         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x7c})), json::parse_error&);
                         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x7c})),
-                                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
                         CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf9, 0x7c}), true, false).is_discarded());
                     }
                 }
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
         {
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>()), json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>()),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>(), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1346,53 +1346,53 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xBF, 0x61, 0X61})), json::parse_error&);
 
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x18})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x19})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x19, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1a})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1a, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1a, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 9: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x62})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x62, 0x60})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x60})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x82, 0x01})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x9F, 0x01})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xBF, 0x61, 0x61, 0xF5})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x61, 0x61})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xBF, 0x61, 0x61})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
 
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x18}), true, false).is_discarded());
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x19}), true, false).is_discarded());
@@ -1426,12 +1426,12 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
             {
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1c})), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1c})),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: error reading CBOR; last byte: 0x1C");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: invalid byte: 0x1C");
                 CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x1c}), true, false).is_discarded());
 
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf8})), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf8})),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: error reading CBOR; last byte: 0xF8");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: invalid byte: 0xF8");
                 CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xf8}), true, false).is_discarded());
             }
 
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
         {
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01})), json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0xFF");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF");
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01}), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
             {
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: expected end of input");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: expected end of input; last byte: 0xF6");
                 CHECK(json::from_cbor(vec, true, false).is_discarded());
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp b/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp
index f75cedce..26d07963 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
         {
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>()), json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>()),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>(), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1151,43 +1151,43 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xa1, 0x61})), json::parse_error&);
 
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x87})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcc})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcd})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcd, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xce})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xce, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xce, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xce, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 9: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa5, 0x68, 0x65})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x92, 0x01})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xa1, 0x61})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: unexpected end of input");
 
             CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x87}), true, false).is_discarded());
             CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xcc}), true, false).is_discarded());
@@ -1216,12 +1216,12 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
             {
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc1})), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc1})),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: error reading MessagePack; last byte: 0xC1");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: invalid byte: 0xC1");
                 CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc6}), true, false).is_discarded());
 
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc6})), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc6})),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: error reading MessagePack; last byte: 0xC6");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: invalid byte: 0xC6");
                 CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc6}), true, false).is_discarded());
             }
 
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
         {
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01})), json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01})),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: expected a MessagePack string; last byte: 0xFF");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xFF");
             CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01}), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
             {
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(vec),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: expected end of input");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: expected end of input; last byte: 0xC0");
                 CHECK(json::from_msgpack(vec, true, false).is_discarded());
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/src/unit-regression.cpp b/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
index 98a53a50..259377aa 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec {0x65, 0xf5, 0x0a, 0x48, 0x21};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #407 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 343)")
@@ -939,31 +939,31 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec1 {0xcb, 0x8f, 0x0a};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec1), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(vec1),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: incomplete float32
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec2 {0xca, 0x8f, 0x0a};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec2), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(vec2),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing MessagePack number: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: incomplete Half-Precision Float (CBOR)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec3 {0xf9, 0x8f};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec3), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec3),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: incomplete Single-Precision Float (CBOR)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec4 {0xfa, 0x8f, 0x0a};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec4), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec4),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: incomplete Double-Precision Float (CBOR)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec5 {0xfb, 0x8f, 0x0a};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec5), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec5),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR number: unexpected end of input");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #408 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 344)")
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec1 {0x87};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec1), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(vec1),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: unexpected end of input");
 
         // more test cases for MessagePack
         for (auto b :
@@ -1006,10 +1006,10 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec2;
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec2), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec2),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec2), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(vec2),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing MessagePack value: unexpected end of input");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #411 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 366)")
@@ -1018,19 +1018,19 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec1 {0x7f};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec1), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec1),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: empty array (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec2 {0x9f};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec2), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec2),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: empty map (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec3 {0xbf};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec3), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec3),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #412 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 367)")
@@ -1058,25 +1058,25 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         };
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x98");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x98");
 
         // related test case: nonempty UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec1 {0x7f, 0x61, 0x61};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec1), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec1),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: nonempty array (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec2 {0x9f, 0x01};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec2), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec2),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input");
 
         // related test case: nonempty map (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec3 {0xbf, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01};
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec3), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec3),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #414 - compare with literal 0)")
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         };
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec1), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec1),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0xB4");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xB4");
 
         // related test case: double-precision
         std::vector<uint8_t> vec2
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests")
         };
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec2), json::parse_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec2),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0xB4");
+                          "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xB4");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #452 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 585)")
diff --git a/test/src/unit-ubjson.cpp b/test/src/unit-ubjson.cpp
index d2410ff6..ba0d23da 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-ubjson.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-ubjson.cpp
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
             {
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vec), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vec),
-                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: expected end of input");
+                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: expected end of input; last byte: 0x5A");
             }
         }
 
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
             // larger than max int64
             json j = 9223372036854775808llu;
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), json::out_of_range&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.out_of_range.407] number overflow serializing 9223372036854775808");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.out_of_range.407] integer number 9223372036854775808 cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64");
         }
 
         SECTION("excessive size")
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
         {
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(std::vector<uint8_t>()), json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(std::vector<uint8_t>()),
-                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: unexpected end of input");
+                              "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 1: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
         }
 
         SECTION("char")
@@ -1538,14 +1538,14 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
             {
                 std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'C'};
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON char: unexpected end of input");
             }
 
             SECTION("byte out of range")
             {
                 std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'C', 130};
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x82");
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON char: byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x82");
             }
         }
 
@@ -1555,14 +1555,14 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
             {
                 std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'S'};
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             }
 
             SECTION("invalid byte")
             {
                 std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'S', '1', 'a'};
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: expected a UBJSON string; last byte: 0x31");
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON string: expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L); last byte: 0x31");
             }
         }
 
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
             {
                 std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'[', '$', 'i', 2};
                 CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 4: expected '#' after UBJSON type information; last byte: 0x02");
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON size: expected '#' after type information; last byte: 0x02");
             }
         }
 
@@ -1580,17 +1580,17 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
         {
             std::vector<uint8_t> vS = {'S'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vS), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vS), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vS), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vS, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'S', 'i', '2', 'a'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing UBJSON string: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vC = {'C'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vC), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vC), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vC), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON char: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vC, true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1598,32 +1598,32 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
         {
             std::vector<uint8_t> vU = {'[', '#', 'U'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vU), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vU), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vU), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vU, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vi = {'[', '#', 'i'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vi), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vi), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vi), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vi, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vI = {'[', '#', 'I'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vI), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vI), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vI), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vI, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vl = {'[', '#', 'l'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vl), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vl), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vl), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vl, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vL = {'[', '#', 'L'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vL), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vL), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vL), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vL, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> v0 = {'[', '#', 'T', ']'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v0), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v0), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: byte after '#' must denote a number type; last byte: 0x54");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v0), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing UBJSON size: expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L) after '#'; last byte: 0x54");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v0, true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1631,17 +1631,17 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
         {
             std::vector<uint8_t> v0 = {'[', '$'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v0), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v0), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v0), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing UBJSON type: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v0, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vi = {'[', '$', '#'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vi), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vi), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vi), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vi, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vT = {'[', '$', 'T'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vT), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vT), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vT), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vT, true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1649,17 +1649,17 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
         {
             std::vector<uint8_t> vST = {'[', '$', 'i', '#', 'i', 2, 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vST), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vST, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vS = {'[', '#', 'i', 2, 'i', 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vS), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vS), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vS), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vS, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'[', 'i', 2, 'i', 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 6: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v, true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
@@ -1667,42 +1667,42 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
         {
             std::vector<uint8_t> vST = {'{', '$', 'i', '#', 'i', 2, 'i', 1, 'a', 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vST), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 11: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 11: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vST, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vT = {'{', '$', 'i', 'i', 1, 'a', 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vT), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vT), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 4: expected '#' after UBJSON type information; last byte: 0x69");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vT), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing UBJSON size: expected '#' after type information; last byte: 0x69");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vT, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vS = {'{', '#', 'i', 2, 'i', 1, 'a', 'i', 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vS), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vS), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 10: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vS), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 10: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vS, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'{', 'i', 1, 'a', 'i', 1};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 7: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> v2 = {'{', 'i', 1, 'a', 'i', 1, 'i'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v2), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v2), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v2), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v2, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> v3 = {'{', 'i', 1, 'a'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(v3), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v3), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(v3), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v3, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vST1 = {'{', '$', 'd', '#', 'i', 2, 'i', 1, 'a'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vST1), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST1), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 10: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST1), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 10: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vST1, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> vST2 = {'{', '#', 'i', 2, 'i', 1, 'a'};
             CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_ubjson(vST2), json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST2), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: unexpected end of input");
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_ubjson(vST2), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 8: syntax error while parsing UBJSON value: unexpected end of input");
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(vST2, true, false).is_discarded());
         }
     }