diff --git a/src/libcollections/string.rs b/src/libcollections/string.rs
index ad9c770a5a5ca..d9cbc4488fca7 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/string.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/string.rs
@@ -1692,6 +1692,13 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ParseError {
     }
 }
 
+#[stable(feature = "str_parse_error2", since = "1.8.0")]
+impl fmt::Display for ParseError {
+    fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match *self {}
+    }
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "str_parse_error", since = "1.5.0")]
 impl PartialEq for ParseError {
     fn eq(&self, _: &ParseError) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/libstd/error.rs b/src/libstd/error.rs
index c44a4bfe0f161..ee367193e456b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/error.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/error.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ impl Error for string::FromUtf16Error {
     }
 }
 
+#[stable(feature = "str_parse_error2", since = "1.8.0")]
+impl Error for string::ParseError {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        match *self {}
+    }
+}
+
 // copied from any.rs
 impl Error + 'static {
     /// Returns true if the boxed type is the same as `T`