diff --git a/vendor/gopkg.in/Shopify/sarama.v1/create_topics_response.go b/vendor/gopkg.in/Shopify/sarama.v1/create_topics_response.go
index 66207e0..a493e02 100644
--- a/vendor/gopkg.in/Shopify/sarama.v1/create_topics_response.go
+++ b/vendor/gopkg.in/Shopify/sarama.v1/create_topics_response.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package sarama
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
 
 type CreateTopicsResponse struct {
 	Version      int16
@@ -83,6 +86,14 @@
 	ErrMsg *string
 }
 
+func (t *TopicError) Error() string {
+	text := t.Err.Error()
+	if t.ErrMsg != nil {
+		text = fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", text, *t.ErrMsg)
+	}
+	return text
+}
+
 func (t *TopicError) encode(pe packetEncoder, version int16) error {
 	pe.putInt16(int16(t.Err))