diff --git a/src/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js b/src/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
index 82607ac8f1f..62eddd38120 100644
--- a/src/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
+++ b/src/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
@@ -491,15 +491,43 @@ export const canExecuteScheme = ( state, path, method ) => {
 
 export const validationErrors = (state, pathMethod) => {
   pathMethod = pathMethod || []
-  let paramValues = state.getIn(["meta", "paths", ...pathMethod, "parameters"], fromJS([]))
+  const paramValues = state.getIn(["meta", "paths", ...pathMethod, "parameters"], fromJS([]))
   const result = []
 
-  paramValues.forEach( (p) => {
-    let errors = p.get("errors")
+  if (paramValues.length === 0) return result
+
+  const getErrorsWithPaths = (errors, path = []) => {
+    const getNestedErrorsWithPaths = (e, path) => {
+      const currPath = [...path, e.get("propKey") || e.get("index")]
+      return Map.isMap(e.get("error")) 
+        ? getErrorsWithPaths(e.get("error"), currPath) 
+        : { error: e.get("error"), path: currPath }
+    }
+
+    return List.isList(errors)
+     ? errors.map((e) => (Map.isMap(e) ? getNestedErrorsWithPaths(e, path) : { error: e, path }))
+     : getNestedErrorsWithPaths(errors, path)
+  }
+
+  const formatError = (error, path, paramName) => {
+    path = path.reduce((acc, curr) => {
+      return typeof curr === "number" 
+        ? `${acc}[${curr}]` 
+        : acc 
+        ? `${acc}.${curr}` 
+        : curr
+    }, "")
+    return `For '${paramName}'${path ? ` at path '${path}'` : ""}: ${error}.`
+  }
+
+  paramValues.forEach( (p, key) => {
+    const paramName = key.split(".").slice(1, -1).join(".")
+    const errors = p.get("errors")
     if (errors && errors.count()) {
-      errors
-        .map((e) => (Map.isMap(e) ? `${e.get("propKey")}: ${e.get("error")}` : e))
-        .forEach((e) => result.push(e))
+      const errorsWithPaths = getErrorsWithPaths(errors)
+      errorsWithPaths.forEach(({error, path}) => {
+        result.push(formatError(error, path, paramName))
+      })
     }
   })
   return result
diff --git a/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js b/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
index 29f6ca25a34..b49883a13e7 100644
--- a/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
+++ b/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ describe("validationErrors", function() {
         "/": {
           get: {
             parameters: {
-              id: {
+              "query.id.hash": {
                 errors: [
                  "Value must be an integer"
                 ]
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ describe("validationErrors", function() {
           },
           post: {
             parameters: {
-              body: {
+              "query.with.dot.hash": {
                 errors: [
                   {
                     error: "Value must be an integer", 
@@ -1411,25 +1411,85 @@ describe("validationErrors", function() {
               }
             }
           }
+        },
+        "/nested": {
+          post: {
+            parameters: {
+              "query.arrayWithObjects.hash": {
+                errors: [
+                  {
+                    error: "Parameter string value must be valid JSON", 
+                    index: 0
+                  },
+                  { 
+                    error: {
+                      error: "Value must be a string", 
+                      propKey: "name"
+                    },
+                    index: 1
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "query.objectWithArray.hash": {
+                errors: [
+                  {
+                    error: {
+                      error: {
+                        error: "Value must be a number",
+                        propKey: "b",
+                      },
+                      index: 0,
+                    },
+                    propKey: "a",
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "query.objectWithoutArray.hash": {
+                errors: [
+                  {
+                    error: {
+                      error: {
+                        error: "Value must be a string",
+                        propKey: "e",
+                      },
+                      propKey: "d",
+                    },
+                    propKey: "c",
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
     }
   })
 
-  it("should return validation errors without formatting them", function () {
+  it("should return validation errors with parameter name", function () {
     const result = validationErrors(state, ["/", "get"])
 
     expect(result).toEqual([
-      "Value must be an integer"
+      "For 'id': Value must be an integer."
     ])
   })
 
-  it("should return formatted validation errors", function () {
+  it("should return validation errors with parameter name and path", function () {
     const result = validationErrors(state, ["/", "post"])
 
     expect(result).toEqual([
-      "id: Value must be an integer",
-      "name: Value must be a string"
+      "For 'with.dot' at path 'id': Value must be an integer.",
+      "For 'with.dot' at path 'name': Value must be a string."
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("should return validation errors with parameter name and path for nested parameters", function () {
+    const result = validationErrors(state, ["/nested", "post"])
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      "For 'arrayWithObjects' at path '[0]': Parameter string value must be valid JSON.",
+      "For 'arrayWithObjects' at path '[1].name': Value must be a string.",
+      "For 'objectWithArray' at path 'a[0].b': Value must be a number.",
+      "For 'objectWithoutArray' at path 'c.d.e': Value must be a string."
     ])
   })
 })