diff --git a/main/src/taoensso/telemere/utils.cljc b/main/src/taoensso/telemere/utils.cljc
index b4c3d67..8111b9b 100644
--- a/main/src/taoensso/telemere/utils.cljc
+++ b/main/src/taoensso/telemere/utils.cljc
@@ -493,11 +493,11 @@
                {:keys [chain trace]} em]
 
            (let [s+cause (enc/sb-appender sb (str nls "Caused: "))]
-             (s+ "  Root: ")
+             (s+ "Root: ")
              (doseq [{:keys [type msg data]} (rseq chain)]
                (s+cause type " - " msg)
                (when data
-                 (s+ nl "  data: " (enc/pr-edn* data)))))
+                 (s+ nl "data: " (enc/pr-edn* data)))))
 
            (when trace
              (s+ nl nl "Root stack trace:" nl)
diff --git a/main/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc b/main/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
index 9af8533..d298de0 100644
--- a/main/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
+++ b/main/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
@@ -836,8 +836,8 @@
       (testing "format-error-fn"
         (let [ex2-str ((utils/format-error-fn) ex2)]
           [(is (enc/str-starts-with? ex2-str
-                 #?(:clj  "  Root: clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo - Ex1\n  data: {:k1 \"v1\"}\n\nCaused: clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo - Ex2\n  data: {:k2 \"v2\"}\n\nRoot stack trace:\n"
-                    :cljs "  Root: cljs.core/ExceptionInfo - Ex1\n  data: {:k1 \"v1\"}\n\nCaused: cljs.core/ExceptionInfo - Ex2\n  data: {:k2 \"v2\"}\n\nRoot stack trace:\n")))
+                 #?(:clj  "Root: clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo - Ex1\ndata: {:k1 \"v1\"}\n\nCaused: clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo - Ex2\ndata: {:k2 \"v2\"}\n\nRoot stack trace:\n"
+                    :cljs "Root: cljs.core/ExceptionInfo - Ex1\ndata: {:k1 \"v1\"}\n\nCaused: cljs.core/ExceptionInfo - Ex2\ndata: {:k2 \"v2\"}\n\nRoot stack trace:\n")))
 
            (is (enc/str-contains? ex2-str           "Root stack trace:"))
            (is (enc/str-contains? ex2-str "invoke") "Root stack trace includes content")]))