diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27d99662..df621388 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+## TBD
+
+### Enhancements
+
+* Use `Exception#detailed_message` instead of `Exception#message` when available
+  | [#761](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-ruby/pull/761)
+
 ## v6.26.0 (1 December 2022)
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/lib/bugsnag/report.rb b/lib/bugsnag/report.rb
index ca635395..c2958d39 100644
--- a/lib/bugsnag/report.rb
+++ b/lib/bugsnag/report.rb
@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ def update_handled_counts(is_unhandled, was_unhandled)
 
     def generate_exception_list
       raw_exceptions.map do |exception|
+        class_name = error_class(exception)
+
         {
-          errorClass: error_class(exception),
-          message: exception.message,
+          errorClass: class_name,
+          message: error_message(exception, class_name),
           stacktrace: Stacktrace.process(exception.backtrace, configuration)
         }
       end
@@ -448,6 +450,26 @@ def error_class(exception)
       (exception.is_a? Class) ? exception.name : exception.class.name
     end
 
+    def error_message(exception, class_name)
+      # Ruby 3.2 added Exception#detailed_message for Gems like "Did you mean"
+      # to annotate an exception's message
+      return exception.message unless exception.respond_to?(:detailed_message)
+
+      # the "highlight" argument may add terminal escape codes to the output,
+      # which we don't want to include
+      # it _should_ always be present but it's possible to forget to add it or
+      # to have implemented this method before Ruby 3.2
+      message =
+        begin
+          exception.detailed_message(highlight: false)
+        rescue ArgumentError
+          exception.detailed_message
+        end
+
+      # remove the class name to be consistent with Exception#message
+      message.sub(" (#{class_name})", '')
+    end
+
     def generate_raw_exceptions(exception)
       exceptions = []
 
diff --git a/spec/report_spec.rb b/spec/report_spec.rb
index b226dcae..3756a741 100644
--- a/spec/report_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/report_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ def gloops
   end
 end
 
+if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0'
+  require_relative './support/exception_with_detailed_message'
+else
+  require_relative './support/exception_with_detailed_message_ruby_1'
+end
+
+class ExceptionWithDetailedMessageButNoHighlight < Exception
+  def detailed_message
+    "detail about '#{self}'"
+  end
+end
+
 shared_examples "Report or Event tests" do |class_to_test|
   context "metadata" do
     include_examples(
@@ -99,6 +111,17 @@ def gloops
       })
     end
 
+    it "uses Exception#detailed_message if available" do
+      exception = ExceptionWithDetailedMessage.new("some message")
+      report_or_event = class_to_test.new(exception, Bugsnag.configuration)
+
+      expect(report_or_event.summary).to eq({
+        error_class: "ExceptionWithDetailedMessage",
+        message: "some message with some extra detail",
+        severity: "warning"
+      })
+    end
+
     it "handles empty exceptions" do
       begin
         1/0
@@ -288,6 +311,17 @@ def gloops
         )
       })
     end
+
+    it "uses Exception#detailed_message if available" do
+      exception = ExceptionWithDetailedMessage.new("some message")
+      report_or_event = class_to_test.new(exception, Bugsnag.configuration)
+
+      expect(report_or_event.errors.length).to eq(1)
+
+      message = report_or_event.errors.first.error_message
+
+      expect(message).to eq("some message with some extra detail")
+    end
   end
 
   it "has a reference to the original error" do
@@ -1399,7 +1433,6 @@ def gloops
   end
 
   it "does not unwrap more than 5 exceptions" do
-
     first_ex = ex = NestedException.new("Deep exception")
     10.times do |idx|
       ex = ex.original_exception = NestedException.new("Deep exception #{idx}")
@@ -1432,6 +1465,26 @@ def gloops
     }
   end
 
+  it "uses Exception#detailed_message if available" do
+    Bugsnag.notify(ExceptionWithDetailedMessage.new("some message"))
+
+    expect(Bugsnag).to have_sent_notification{ |payload, headers|
+      exception = get_exception_from_payload(payload)
+      expect(exception["errorClass"]).to eq("ExceptionWithDetailedMessage")
+      expect(exception["message"]).to eq("some message with some extra detail")
+    }
+  end
+
+  it "handles implementations of Exception#detailed_message with no 'highlight' parameter" do
+    Bugsnag.notify(ExceptionWithDetailedMessageButNoHighlight.new("some message"))
+
+    expect(Bugsnag).to have_sent_notification{ |payload, headers|
+      exception = get_exception_from_payload(payload)
+      expect(exception["errorClass"]).to eq("ExceptionWithDetailedMessageButNoHighlight")
+      expect(exception["message"]).to eq("detail about 'some message'")
+    }
+  end
+
   it "supports unix-style paths in backtraces" do
     ex = BugsnagTestException.new("It crashed")
     ex.set_backtrace([
diff --git a/spec/support/exception_with_detailed_message.rb b/spec/support/exception_with_detailed_message.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60f07962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/exception_with_detailed_message.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class ExceptionWithDetailedMessage < Exception
+  def detailed_message(highlight: true)
+    # change the output to ensure we pass the right value for "highlight"
+    if highlight
+      "\e[1m!!! #{self} !!!\e[0m"
+    else
+      "#{self} with some extra detail"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/exception_with_detailed_message_ruby_1.rb b/spec/support/exception_with_detailed_message_ruby_1.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c610983f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/exception_with_detailed_message_ruby_1.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# ExceptionWithDetailedMessage for Ruby 1.9 (no keyword argument)
+class ExceptionWithDetailedMessage < Exception
+  def detailed_message(params)
+    # change the output to ensure we pass the right value for "highlight"
+    if params[:highlight]
+      "\e[1m!!! #{self} !!!\e[0m"
+    else
+      "#{self} with some extra detail"
+    end
+  end
+end