diff --git a/CHANGES/4175.bugfix b/CHANGES/4175.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8a20753352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/4175.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the string representation of `ServerDisconnectedError`.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 9a8979f2c0f..b7e05b07a13 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ Jake Davis
 Jakob Ackermann
 Jakub Wilk
 Jashandeep Sohi
+Jens Steinhauser
 Jeongkyu Shin
 Jeroen van der Heijden
 Jesus Cea
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py b/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py
index 2738611b205..5257b0be1b8 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ class ServerDisconnectedError(ServerConnectionError):
     """Server disconnected."""
 
     def __init__(self, message: Optional[str]=None) -> None:
-        self.message = message
         if message is None:
-            self.args = ()
-        else:
-            self.args = (message,)
+            message = 'Server disconnected'
+
+        self.args = (message,)
+        self.message = message
 
 
 class ServerTimeoutError(ServerConnectionError, asyncio.TimeoutError):
diff --git a/tests/test_client_exceptions.py b/tests/test_client_exceptions.py
index e85ce672e83..16d8fface5a 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_exceptions.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def test_str(self) -> None:
 class TestServerDisconnectedError:
     def test_ctor(self) -> None:
         err = client.ServerDisconnectedError()
-        assert err.message is None
+        assert err.message == 'Server disconnected'
 
         err = client.ServerDisconnectedError(message='No connection')
         assert err.message == 'No connection'
@@ -194,7 +194,12 @@ def test_pickle(self) -> None:
 
     def test_repr(self) -> None:
         err = client.ServerDisconnectedError()
-        assert repr(err) == "ServerDisconnectedError()"
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+            assert repr(err) == ("ServerDisconnectedError"
+                                 "('Server disconnected',)")
+        else:
+            assert repr(err) == ("ServerDisconnectedError"
+                                 "('Server disconnected')")
 
         err = client.ServerDisconnectedError(message='No connection')
         if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ def test_repr(self) -> None:
 
     def test_str(self) -> None:
         err = client.ServerDisconnectedError()
-        assert str(err) == ''
+        assert str(err) == 'Server disconnected'
 
         err = client.ServerDisconnectedError(message='No connection')
         assert str(err) == 'No connection'
diff --git a/tests/test_client_functional.py b/tests/test_client_functional.py
index a8372754364..656a14e2b9a 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_functional.py
@@ -2680,10 +2680,12 @@ async def handler(request):
     app.router.add_get('/', handler)
 
     client = await aiohttp_client(app)
-    with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ServerDisconnectedError):
+    with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ServerDisconnectedError) as excinfo:
         resp = await client.get('/')
         await resp.read()
 
+    assert str(excinfo.value) != ''
+
 
 async def test_dont_close_explicit_connector(aiohttp_client) -> None:
     async def handler(request):