diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0f55eee..96f2c3b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "vlucas/valitron",
-    "version": "1.0.4",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "type": "library",
     "description": "Simple, elegant, stand-alone validation library with NO dependencies",
     "keywords": ["validation", "validator", "valid"],
diff --git a/lang/en.php b/lang/en.php
index ab718b4..36c3358 100644
--- a/lang/en.php
+++ b/lang/en.php
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 <?php
 return array(
-    'required' => "Required",
-    'equals' => "Must be the same as '%s'",
-    'different' => "Must be different than '%s'",
-    'accepted' => "Must be accepted",
-    'numeric' => "Must be numeric",
-    'integer' => "Must be an integer (0-9)",
-    'length' => "Must be longer than %d",
-    'min' => "Must be greater than %s",
-    'max' => "Must be less than %s",
-    'in' => "Invalid value",
-    'notIn' => "Invalid value",
-    'ip' => "Invalid IP address",
-    'email' => "Invalid email address",
-    'url' => "Invalid URL",
-    'urlActive' => "Must be active domain",
-    'alpha' => "Must contain only letters a-z",
-    'alphaNum' => "Must contain only letters a-z and/or numbers 0-9",
-    'slug' => "Must contain only letters a-z, numbers 0-9, dashes and underscores",
-    'regex' => "Invalid format",
-    'date' => "Invalid date",
-    'dateFormat' => "Must be date with format '%s'",
-    'dateBefore' => "Must be date before '%s'",
-    'dateAfter' => "Must be date after '%s'",
-    'contains' => "Must contain %s"
+    'required' => "is required",
+    'equals' => "must be the same as '%s'",
+    'different' => "must be different than '%s'",
+    'accepted' => "must be accepted",
+    'numeric' => "must be numeric",
+    'integer' => "must be an integer (0-9)",
+    'length' => "must be longer than %d",
+    'min' => "must be greater than %s",
+    'max' => "must be less than %s",
+    'in' => "contains invalid value",
+    'notIn' => "contains invalid value",
+    'ip' => "is not a valid IP address",
+    'email' => "is not a valid email address",
+    'url' => "not a URL",
+    'urlActive' => "must be an active domain",
+    'alpha' => "must contain only letters a-z",
+    'alphaNum' => "must contain only letters a-z and/or numbers 0-9",
+    'slug' => "must contain only letters a-z, numbers 0-9, dashes and underscores",
+    'regex' => "contains invalid chatacters",
+    'date' => "is not a valid date",
+    'dateFormat' => "must be date with format '%s'",
+    'dateBefore' => "must be date before '%s'",
+    'dateAfter' => "must be date after '%s'",
+    'contains' => "must contain %s"
 );
 
 
diff --git a/src/Valitron/Validator.php b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
index 6daf22a..d5736c8 100644
--- a/src/Valitron/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ class Validator
             }
             $values[] = $param;
         }
+
         $this->_errors[$field][] = vsprintf($msg, $values);
     }
 
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ class Validator
             'rule' => $rule,
             'fields' => (array) $fields,
             'params' => (array) $params,
-            'message' => $message
+            'message' => '{field} ' . $message
         );
         return $this;
     }
@@ -612,6 +613,8 @@ class Validator
                     $i++;
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            $msg = str_replace('{field}', ucwords(str_replace('_', ' ', $field)), $msg);
         }
 
         return $msg;
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/ErrorMessages.php b/tests/Valitron/ErrorMessages.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b517e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Valitron/ErrorMessages.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+use Valitron\Validator;
+
+class ErrorMessagesTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testErrorMessageIncludesFieldName()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', 'name');
+        $v->validate();
+        $this->assertSame(array("Name is required"), $v->errors('name'));
+    }
+
+    public function testAccurateErrorMessageParams()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('num' => 5));
+        $v->rule('min', 'num', 6);
+        $v->validate();
+        $this->assertSame(array("Num must be greater than 6"), $v->errors('num'));
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomErrorMessage()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('Name is required');
+        $v->validate();
+        $errors = $v->errors('name');
+        $this->assertSame('Name is required', $errors[0]);
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomLabel()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required')->label('Custom Name');
+        $v->validate();
+        $errors = $v->errors('name');
+        $this->assertSame('Custom Name is required', $errors[0]);
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomLabels()
+    {
+        $messages = array(
+            'name' => array('Name is required'),
+            'email' => array('Email should be a valid email address')
+        );
+
+        $v = new Validator(array('name' => '', 'email' => '$'));
+        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required');
+        $v->rule('email', 'email')->message('{field} should be a valid email address');
+
+        $v->labels(array(
+            'name' => 'Name',
+            'email' => 'Email'
+        ));
+
+        $v->validate();
+        $errors = $v->errors();
+        $this->assertEquals($messages, $errors);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/Validate.php b/tests/Valitron/Validate.php
index d1ba60d..6516007 100644
--- a/tests/Valitron/Validate.php
+++ b/tests/Valitron/Validate.php
@@ -21,62 +21,6 @@ class ValidateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $v->rule('required', 'name');
         $this->assertSame(1, count($v->errors('name')));
     }
-
-    public function testAccurateErrorMessage()
-    {
-        $v = new Validator(array());
-        $v->rule('required', 'name');
-        $v->validate();
-        $this->assertSame(array("Required"), $v->errors('name'));
-    }
-
-    public function testAccurateErrorMessageParams()
-    {
-        $v = new Validator(array('num' => 5));
-        $v->rule('min', 'num', 6);
-        $v->validate();
-        $this->assertSame(array("Must be greater than 6"), $v->errors('num'));
-    }
-
-    public function testCustomErrorMessage()
-    {
-        $v = new Validator(array());
-        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('Name is required');
-        $v->validate();
-        $errors = $v->errors('name');
-        $this->assertSame('Name is required', $errors[0]);
-    }
-
-    public function testCustomLabel()
-    {
-        $v = new Validator(array());
-        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required')->label('Name');
-        $v->validate();
-        $errors = $v->errors('name');
-        $this->assertSame('Name is required', $errors[0]);
-    }
-
-    public function testCustomLabels()
-    {
-        $messages = array(
-            'name' => array('Name is required'),
-            'email' => array('Email should be a valid email address')
-        );
-
-        $v = new Validator(array('name' => '', 'email' => '$'));
-        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required');
-        $v->rule('email', 'email')->message('{field} should be a valid email address');
-
-        $v->labels(array(
-            'name' => 'Name',
-            'email' => 'Email'
-        ));
-
-        $v->validate();
-        $errors = $v->errors();
-        $this->assertEquals($messages, $errors);
-    }
-
     public function testArrayOfFieldsToValidate()
     {
         $v = new Validator(array('name' => 'Chester Tester', 'email' => 'chester@tester.com'));