diff --git a/django/template/defaultfilters.py b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
index 6aadbf2381..6779b9b5f2 100644
--- a/django/template/defaultfilters.py
+++ b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ def pprint(value):
     try:
         return pformat(value)
     except Exception, e:
-        return u"Error in formatting:%s" % force_unicode(e)
+        return u"Error in formatting: %s" % force_unicode(e, errors="replace")
 
 # Syntax: register.filter(name of filter, callback)
 register.filter(add)