diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8ca8826..926d701 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 ## bunyan 0.6.9 (not yet released)
 
-(nothing yet)
+- Tweak `bunyan` CLI default output to still show an "err" field if it doesn't
+  have a "stack" attribute.
+
 
 ## bunyan 0.6.8
 
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 5494e55..f89d9b7 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ function handleLogLine(line, opts, stylize) {
 
     if (rec.err && rec.err.stack) {
       details.push(indent(rec.err.stack))
+      delete rec.err;
     }
-    delete rec.err;
 
     var leftover = Object.keys(rec);
     for (var i = 0; i < leftover.length; i++) {