1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/irb/init.rb b/lib/irb/init.rb
index d9676fd9a5..66e7b61468 100644
--- a/lib/irb/init.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/init.rb
@@ -389,18 +389,16 @@ module IRB # :nodoc:
     $LOAD_PATH.unshift(*load_path)
   end
 
-  # running config
+  # Run the config file
   def IRB.run_config
     if @CONF[:RC]
       begin
-        load rc_file
-      rescue LoadError, Errno::ENOENT
-      rescue # StandardError, ScriptError
-        print "load error: #{rc_file}\n"
-        print $!.class, ": ", $!, "\n"
-        for err in $@[0, $@.size - 2]
-          print "\t", err, "\n"
-        end
+        file = rc_file
+        # Because rc_file always returns `HOME/.irbrc` even if no rc file is present, we can't warn users about missing rc files.
+        # Otherwise, it'd be very noisy.
+        load file if File.exist?(file)
+      rescue StandardError, ScriptError => e
+        warn "Error loading RC file '#{file}':\n#{e.full_message(highlight: false)}"
       end
     end
   end
@@ -418,7 +416,7 @@ module IRB # :nodoc:
     end
     case rc_file = @CONF[:RC_NAME_GENERATOR].call(ext)
     when String
-      return rc_file
+      rc_file
     else
       fail IllegalRCNameGenerator
     end