diff --git a/apps/rebar/src/rebar.hrl b/apps/rebar/src/rebar.hrl
index 6d601c740..a402d2861 100644
--- a/apps/rebar/src/rebar.hrl
+++ b/apps/rebar/src/rebar.hrl
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 -define(DEFAULT_CDN, "https://repo.hex.pm").
 -define(LOCK_FILE, "rebar.lock").
 -define(DEFAULT_COMPILER_SOURCE_FORMAT, relative).
--define(DEFAULT_COMPILER_ERROR_FORMAT, minimal). % 'rich' for multiline values
+-define(DEFAULT_COMPILER_ERROR_FORMAT, rich). % 'minimal' for default values as of 3.23.0 and earlier
 -define(PACKAGE_INDEX_VERSION, 6).
 -define(PACKAGE_TABLE, package_index).
 -define(INDEX_FILE, "packages.idx").