diff --git a/src/lib/Repository/ContentService.php b/src/lib/Repository/ContentService.php
index 2cee84e93a..dbadbb2c8e 100644
--- a/src/lib/Repository/ContentService.php
+++ b/src/lib/Repository/ContentService.php
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ public function createContent(APIContentCreateStruct $contentCreateStruct, array
         );
 
         if (!empty($errors)) {
-            throw new ContentFieldValidationException($errors);
+            throw ContentFieldValidationException::createNewWithMultiline($errors);
         }
 
         $spiLocationCreateStructs = $this->buildSPILocationCreateStructs(
diff --git a/tests/lib/Repository/Service/Mock/ContentTest.php b/tests/lib/Repository/Service/Mock/ContentTest.php
index 339d23b203..79b228e02a 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Repository/Service/Mock/ContentTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Repository/Service/Mock/ContentTest.php
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ public function providerForTestCreateContentThrowsContentFieldValidationExceptio
     public function testCreateContentThrowsContentFieldValidationException($mainLanguageCode, $structFields): void
     {
         $this->expectException(ContentFieldValidationException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Content fields did not validate');
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Content "" fields did not validate');
 
         $fieldDefinitions = $this->fixturesForTestCreateContentNonRedundantFieldSetComplex();
         list($contentCreateStruct, $allFieldErrors) =