diff --git a/scrapy/core/engine.py b/scrapy/core/engine.py
index e3eddd046..fb2d09c79 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/engine.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/engine.py
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ class ExecutionEngine:
             self._start = None
             exception_traceback = format_exc()
             logger.error(
-                f"Error while reading start items and requests: {exception}.\n{exception_traceback}"
+                f"Error while reading start items and requests: {exception}.\n{exception_traceback}",
+                exc_info=True,
             )
         else:
             if isinstance(item_or_request, Request):
diff --git a/tests/test_spider.py b/tests/test_spider.py
index c3d66617d..ee159a134 100644
--- a/tests/test_spider.py
+++ b/tests/test_spider.py
@@ -456,13 +456,8 @@ class TestCrawlSpider(TestSpider):
         crawler = get_crawler(TestSpider)
         with LogCapture("scrapy.core.engine", propagate=False, level=ERROR) as log:
             yield crawler.crawl()
-        log.check(
-            (
-                "scrapy.core.engine",
-                "ERROR",
-                "Error while reading start items and requests",
-            ),
-        )
+        assert "Error while reading start items and requests" in str(log)
+        assert "did you miss an 's'?" in str(log)
 
 
 class TestSitemapSpider(TestSpider):