diff --git a/packages/logger/src/utils/format.ts b/packages/logger/src/utils/format.ts
index 21e2521c5796..2340876a371e 100644
--- a/packages/logger/src/utils/format.ts
+++ b/packages/logger/src/utils/format.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import winston from "winston";
-import {isEmptyObject} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {LodestarError, isEmptyObject} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {LoggerOptions, TimestampFormatCode} from "../interface.js";
 import {logCtxToJson, logCtxToString, LogData} from "./json.js";
 import {formatEpochSlotTime} from "./timeFormat.js";
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ function humanReadableTemplateFn(_info: {[key: string]: any; level: string; mess
   str += `[${infoString}] ${info.level.padStart(infoPad)}: ${info.message}`;
 
   if (info.context !== undefined && !isEmptyObject(info.context)) str += " " + logCtxToString(info.context);
-  if (info.error !== undefined) str += " - " + logCtxToString(info.error);
+  if (info.error !== undefined) {
+    str +=
+      // LodestarError is formatted in the same way as context, it is either appended to
+      // the log message (" ") or extends existing context properties (", "). For any other
+      // error, the message is printed out and clearly separated from the log message (" - ").
+      (info.error instanceof LodestarError ? (isEmptyObject(info.context) ? " " : ", ") : " - ") +
+      logCtxToString(info.error);
+  }
 
   return str;
 }
diff --git a/packages/logger/test/fixtures/loggerFormats.ts b/packages/logger/test/fixtures/loggerFormats.ts
index fffaaf9ea2f0..563f3094882d 100644
--- a/packages/logger/test/fixtures/loggerFormats.ts
+++ b/packages/logger/test/fixtures/loggerFormats.ts
@@ -71,10 +71,27 @@ export const formatsTestCases: (TestCase | (() => TestCase))[] = [
       id: "error with metadata",
       opts: {module: "test"},
       message: "foo bar",
+      context: {},
+      error: error,
+      output: {
+        human: `[test]             \u001b[33mwarn\u001b[39m: foo bar code=SAMPLE_ERROR, data=foo=bar\n${error.stack}`,
+        json: '{"context":{},"error":{"code":"SAMPLE_ERROR","data":{"foo":"bar"},"stack":"$STACK"},"level":"warn","message":"foo bar","module":"test"}',
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
+  () => {
+    const error = new LodestarError({code: "SAMPLE_ERROR", data: {foo: "bar"}});
+    error.stack = "$STACK";
+    return {
+      id: "error and log with metadata",
+      opts: {module: "test"},
+      message: "foo bar",
+      context: {meta: "data"},
       error: error,
       output: {
-        human: `[test]             \u001b[33mwarn\u001b[39m: foo bar - code=SAMPLE_ERROR, data=foo=bar\n${error.stack}`,
-        json: '{"error":{"code":"SAMPLE_ERROR","data":{"foo":"bar"},"stack":"$STACK"},"level":"warn","message":"foo bar","module":"test"}',
+        human: `[test]             \u001b[33mwarn\u001b[39m: foo bar meta=data, code=SAMPLE_ERROR, data=foo=bar\n${error.stack}`,
+        json: '{"context":{"meta":"data"},"error":{"code":"SAMPLE_ERROR","data":{"foo":"bar"},"stack":"$STACK"},"level":"warn","message":"foo bar","module":"test"}',
       },
     };
   },