diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2a2e2e414..95f8b75e1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 * Allow to re-construct `ServiceRequest` from `HttpRequest` and `Payload`
 
+* Make UrlEncodedError::Overflow more informativve
 
 ## [1.0.7] - 2019-08-29
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 9f31582ed..a60276a7a 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ pub enum UrlencodedError {
     #[display(fmt = "Can not decode chunked transfer encoding")]
     Chunked,
     /// Payload size is bigger than allowed. (default: 256kB)
-    #[display(fmt = "Urlencoded payload size is bigger than allowed (default: 256kB)")]
-    Overflow,
+    #[display(
+        fmt = "Urlencoded payload size is bigger ({} bytes) than allowed (default: {} bytes)",
+        size,
+        limit
+    )]
+    Overflow { size: usize, limit: usize },
     /// Payload size is now known
     #[display(fmt = "Payload size is now known")]
     UnknownLength,
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ pub enum UrlencodedError {
 impl ResponseError for UrlencodedError {
     fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse {
         match *self {
-            UrlencodedError::Overflow => {
+            UrlencodedError::Overflow { .. } => {
                 HttpResponse::new(StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE)
             }
             UrlencodedError::UnknownLength => {
@@ -164,7 +168,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_urlencoded_error() {
-        let resp: HttpResponse = UrlencodedError::Overflow.error_response();
+        let resp: HttpResponse =
+            UrlencodedError::Overflow { size: 0, limit: 0 }.error_response();
         assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE);
         let resp: HttpResponse = UrlencodedError::UnknownLength.error_response();
         assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::LENGTH_REQUIRED);
diff --git a/src/types/form.rs b/src/types/form.rs
index 9ab98b17b..3bc067ab5 100644
--- a/src/types/form.rs
+++ b/src/types/form.rs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ where
         let limit = self.limit;
         if let Some(len) = self.length.take() {
             if len > limit {
-                return Err(UrlencodedError::Overflow);
+                return Err(UrlencodedError::Overflow { size: len, limit });
             }
         }
 
@@ -331,7 +331,10 @@ where
             .from_err()
             .fold(BytesMut::with_capacity(8192), move |mut body, chunk| {
                 if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > limit {
-                    Err(UrlencodedError::Overflow)
+                    Err(UrlencodedError::Overflow {
+                        size: body.len() + chunk.len(),
+                        limit,
+                    })
                 } else {
                     body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
                     Ok(body)
@@ -390,8 +393,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn eq(err: UrlencodedError, other: UrlencodedError) -> bool {
         match err {
-            UrlencodedError::Overflow => match other {
-                UrlencodedError::Overflow => true,
+            UrlencodedError::Overflow { .. } => match other {
+                UrlencodedError::Overflow { .. } => true,
                 _ => false,
             },
             UrlencodedError::UnknownLength => match other {
@@ -420,7 +423,10 @@ mod tests {
                 .header(CONTENT_LENGTH, "1000000")
                 .to_http_parts();
         let info = block_on(UrlEncoded::<Info>::new(&req, &mut pl));
-        assert!(eq(info.err().unwrap(), UrlencodedError::Overflow));
+        assert!(eq(
+            info.err().unwrap(),
+            UrlencodedError::Overflow { size: 0, limit: 0 }
+        ));
 
         let (req, mut pl) = TestRequest::with_header(CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain")
             .header(CONTENT_LENGTH, "10")