diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
index 28a97bc82e..7ae185d00d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class CannotInstallFormulaError < RuntimeError; end
 
 class FormulaInstallationAlreadyAttemptedError < RuntimeError
   def initialize(formula)
-    super "Formula installation already attempted: #{formula.name}"
+    super "Formula installation already attempted: #{formula.full_name}"
   end
 end
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class FormulaConflictError < RuntimeError
 
   def message
     message = []
-    message << "Cannot install #{formula.name} because conflicting formulae are installed.\n"
+    message << "Cannot install #{formula.full_name} because conflicting formulae are installed.\n"
     message.concat conflicts.map { |c| conflict_message(c) } << ""
     message << <<-EOS.undent
       Please `brew unlink #{conflicts.map(&:name)*' '}` before continuing.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class BuildError < RuntimeError
       ohai "ENV"
       Homebrew.dump_build_env(env)
       puts
-      onoe "#{formula.name} #{formula.version} did not build"
+      onoe "#{formula.full_name} #{formula.version} did not build"
       unless (logs = Dir["#{formula.logs}/*"]).empty?
         puts "Logs:"
         puts logs.map{|fn| "     #{fn}"}.join("\n")
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ end
 class CompilerSelectionError < RuntimeError
   def initialize(formula)
     super <<-EOS.undent
-      #{formula.name} cannot be built with any available compilers.
+      #{formula.full_name} cannot be built with any available compilers.
       To install this formula, you may need to:
         brew install gcc
       EOS
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ end
 
 class ResourceMissingError < ArgumentError
   def initialize(formula, resource)
-    super "#{formula.name} does not define resource #{resource.inspect}"
+    super "#{formula.full_name} does not define resource #{resource.inspect}"
   end
 end