diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py
index a2f3dc3bc3..ebfbd3961e 100644
--- a/django/core/validators.py
+++ b/django/core/validators.py
@@ -312,11 +312,12 @@ class RequiredIfOtherFieldGiven(RequiredIfOtherFieldsGiven):
         RequiredIfOtherFieldsGiven.__init__(self, [other_field_name], error_message)
 
 class RequiredIfOtherFieldEquals(object):
-    def __init__(self, other_field, other_value, error_message=None):
+    def __init__(self, other_field, other_value, error_message=None, other_label=None):
         self.other_field = other_field
         self.other_value = other_value
+        other_label = other_label or other_value
         self.error_message = error_message or lazy_inter(gettext_lazy("This field must be given if %(field)s is %(value)s"), {
-            'field': other_field, 'value': other_value})
+            'field': other_field, 'value': other_label})
         self.always_test = True
 
     def __call__(self, field_data, all_data):
@@ -324,11 +325,12 @@ class RequiredIfOtherFieldEquals(object):
             raise ValidationError(self.error_message)
 
 class RequiredIfOtherFieldDoesNotEqual(object):
-    def __init__(self, other_field, other_value, error_message=None):
+    def __init__(self, other_field, other_value, other_label=None, error_message=None):
         self.other_field = other_field
         self.other_value = other_value
+        other_label = other_label or other_value
         self.error_message = error_message or lazy_inter(gettext_lazy("This field must be given if %(field)s is not %(value)s"), {
-            'field': other_field, 'value': other_value})
+            'field': other_field, 'value': other_label})
         self.always_test = True
 
     def __call__(self, field_data, all_data):
diff --git a/docs/forms.txt b/docs/forms.txt
index fc10e3f17a..8c40eeb997 100644
--- a/docs/forms.txt
+++ b/docs/forms.txt
@@ -608,6 +608,10 @@ fails. If no message is passed in, a default message is used.
     order). If the given field does (or does not have, in the latter case) the
     given value, then the current field being validated is required.
 
+    An optional ``other_label`` argument can be passed which, if given, is used
+    in error messages instead of the value. This allows more user friendly error
+    messages if the value itself is not descriptive enough.
+
     Note that because validators are called before any ``do_html2python()``
     functions, the value being compared against is a string. So
     ``RequiredIfOtherFieldEquals('choice', '1')`` is correct, whilst