diff --git a/redis/asyncio/connection.py b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
index 2e470bfcfb..78ac5de53d 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/connection.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ def _error_message(self, exception: BaseException) -> str:
         else:
             return (
                 f"Error {exception.args[0]} connecting to {host_error}. "
-                f"{exception.args[0]}."
+                f"{exception.args[1]}."
             )