diff --git a/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidate.scala b/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidate.scala
index 72138d1..bed8fbb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidate.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidate.scala
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ object RdfValidate extends JellyCommand[RdfValidateOptions]:
       if streamOptions != o then
         throw CriticalException(
           s"Stream options do not match the expected options in $optionsFileName\n" +
-            s"Expected: $o\n" +
-            s"Actual: $streamOptions",
+            s"Expected: ${StreamOptionsUtil.prettyPrint(o)}\n" +
+            s"Actual: ${StreamOptionsUtil.prettyPrint(streamOptions)}",
         )
       o
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/util/StreamOptionsUtil.scala b/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/util/StreamOptionsUtil.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa89c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/util/StreamOptionsUtil.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package eu.neverblink.jelly.cli.command.rdf.util
+
+import eu.neverblink.jelly.core.proto.google.v1 as google
+import eu.neverblink.jelly.core.proto.v1.RdfStreamOptions
+
+object StreamOptionsUtil:
+
+  def prettyPrint(streamOptions: RdfStreamOptions): String = {
+    val streamOptionsBytes = streamOptions.toByteArray
+    val googleStreamOptions = google.RdfStreamOptions.parseFrom(streamOptionsBytes)
+    return googleStreamOptions.toString
+  }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidateSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidateSpec.scala
index 12b4584..a9eb319 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidateSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfValidateSpec.scala
@@ -431,6 +431,22 @@ class RdfValidateSpec extends AnyWordSpec, Matchers, TestFixtureHelper:
         }
         e.cause.get shouldBe a[CriticalException]
         e.cause.get.getMessage should include("Stream options do not match the expected options")
+        e.cause.get.getMessage should include("Stream options do not match the expected options")
+        e.cause.get.getMessage should include("""Expected: stream_name: "Stream"
+            |physical_type: PHYSICAL_STREAM_TYPE_TRIPLES
+            |generalized_statements: true
+            |rdf_star: true
+            |max_name_table_size: 128
+            |max_prefix_table_size: 16
+            |max_datatype_table_size: 16
+            |logical_type: LOGICAL_STREAM_TYPE_FLAT_TRIPLES
+            |version: 1""".stripMargin)
+
+        e.cause.get.getMessage should include("""Actual: physical_type: PHYSICAL_STREAM_TYPE_TRIPLES
+            |max_name_table_size: 4000
+            |max_prefix_table_size: 150
+            |max_datatype_table_size: 32
+            |version: 1""".stripMargin)
       }
     }