diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75dc0e760..4a4014e0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
    + Note: data representations require Postgres 10 (Postgres 11 if using `IN` predicates); data representations are not implemented for RPC
  - #2647, Allow to verify the PostgREST version in SQL: `select distinct application_name from pg_stat_activity`. - @laurenceisla
  - #2856, Add the `--version` CLI option that prints the version information - @laurenceisla
+ - #1655, Improve `details` field of the singular error response - @taimoorzaeem
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Error.hs b/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
index 6e0d72d6f..e6795d4af 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ instance JSON.ToJSON Error where
   toJSON (SingularityError n) = JSON.object [
     "code"    .= ApiRequestErrorCode16,
     "message" .= ("JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned" :: Text),
-    "details" .= T.unwords ["Results contain", show n, "rows,", T.decodeUtf8 (MediaType.toMime MTSingularJSON), "requires 1 row"],
+    "details" .= T.unwords ["The result contains", show n, "rows"],
     "hint"    .= JSON.Null]
 
   toJSON (PgErr err) = JSON.toJSON err
diff --git a/test/spec/Feature/Query/SingularSpec.hs b/test/spec/Feature/Query/SingularSpec.hs
index 5f2122465..b8ff4fa8f 100644
--- a/test/spec/Feature/Query/SingularSpec.hs
+++ b/test/spec/Feature/Query/SingularSpec.hs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), singular]
             [json| { address: "zzz" } |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 4 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 4 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), ("Prefer", "return=representation"), singular]
             [json| { address: "zzz" } |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 4 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 4 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ spec =
         request methodPatch "/items?id=gt.0&id=lt.0"
                 [singular] [json|{"id":1}|]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                  [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                   { matchStatus  = 406
                   , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                   }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ spec =
         request methodPatch "/items?id=gt.0&id=lt.0"
                 [("Prefer", "return=representation"), singular] [json|{"id":1}|]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                  [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                   { matchStatus  = 406
                   , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                   }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), singular]
             [json| [ { id: 200, address: "xxx" }, { id: 201, address: "yyy" } ] |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 2 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 2 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), ("Prefer", "return=representation"), singular]
             [json| [ { id: 202, address: "xxx" }, { id: 203, address: "yyy" } ] |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 2 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 2 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), ("Prefer", "return=minimal"), singular]
             [json| [ { id: 204, address: "xxx" }, { id: 205, address: "yyy" } ] |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 2 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 2 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ spec =
                 [singular]
                 [json| [ ] |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                  [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                   { matchStatus  = 406
                   , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                   }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ spec =
                 [("Prefer", "return=representation"), singular]
                 [json| [ ] |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                  [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                   { matchStatus  = 406
                   , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                   }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), singular]
             ""
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 5 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 5 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ spec =
         request methodDelete "/items?id=gt.5&id=lt.11"
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), ("Prefer", "return=representation"), singular] ""
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 5 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 5 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ spec =
         request methodDelete "/items?id=lt.0"
                 [singular] ""
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                 { matchStatus  = 406
                 , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                 }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ spec =
         request methodDelete "/items?id=lt.0"
                 [("Prefer", "return=representation"), singular] ""
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                 { matchStatus  = 406
                 , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                 }
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ spec =
         request methodPost "/rpc/getproject"
                 [singular] [json|{ "id": 9999999}|]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                [json|{"details":"Results contain 0 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 0 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                 { matchStatus  = 406
                 , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                 }
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ spec =
         request methodPost "/rpc/getallprojects"
                 [singular] "{}"
           `shouldRespondWith`
-                [json|{"details":"Results contain 5 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 5 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
                 { matchStatus  = 406
                 , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeSingular]
                 }
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ spec =
             [("Prefer", "tx=commit"), singular]
             [json| {"id_l": 1, "id_h": 2, "name": "changed"} |]
           `shouldRespondWith`
-            [json|{"details":"Results contain 2 rows, application/vnd.pgrst.object+json requires 1 row","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
+            [json|{"details":"The result contains 2 rows","message":"JSON object requested, multiple (or no) rows returned","code":"PGRST116","hint":null}|]
             { matchStatus  = 406
             , matchHeaders = [ matchContentTypeSingular
                              , "Preference-Applied" <:> "tx=commit" ]