diff --git a/redbot/__main__.py b/redbot/__main__.py
index a15b9d2a6..d0abd0643 100644
--- a/redbot/__main__.py
+++ b/redbot/__main__.py
@@ -430,7 +430,10 @@ def global_exception_handler(red, loop, context):
     msg = context.get("exception", context["message"])
     # These will get handled later when it *also* kills loop.run_forever
     if not isinstance(msg, (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit)):
-        log.critical("Caught unhandled exception in task: %s", msg)
+        if isinstance(msg, Exception):
+            log.critical("Caught unhandled exception in task:\n", exc_info=msg)
+        else:
+            log.critical("Caught unhandled exception in task: %s", msg)
 
 
 def red_exception_handler(red, red_task: asyncio.Future):