diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/VInput.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/VInput.ts
index c356536b6d7..60a8a9e77fc 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/VInput.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/VInput.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export default baseMixins.extend<options>().extend({
       }, this.$slots.label || this.label)
     },
     genMessages () {
-      if (this.hideDetails === true) return null
+      if (!this.showDetails) return null
 
       return this.$createElement(VMessages, {
         props: {
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/VInput.spec.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/VInput.spec.ts
index 1bd20873aff..9f5120adb03 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/VInput.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/VInput.spec.ts
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ describe('VInput.ts', () => {
       },
     })
 
-    expect(wrapper.html()).toMatchSnapshot()
+    expect(wrapper.vm.genMessages()).toBeNull()
 
     wrapper.setProps({ error: true })
-    expect(wrapper.vm.genMessages()).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(wrapper.vm.genMessages()).toBeNull()
 
     wrapper.setProps({ errorMessages: 'required' })
     expect(wrapper.vm.genMessages()).not.toBeNull()
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/__snapshots__/VInput.spec.ts.snap b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/__snapshots__/VInput.spec.ts.snap
index 4f6298cb396..5dd89370540 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/__snapshots__/VInput.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VInput/__tests__/__snapshots__/VInput.spec.ts.snap
@@ -172,22 +172,6 @@ exports[`VInput.ts should generate append and prepend slots 2`] = `
 </div>
 `;
 
-exports[`VInput.ts should hide messages if no messages and hide-details is auto 1`] = `
-<div class="v-input v-input--hide-details theme--light">
-  <div class="v-input__control">
-    <div class="v-input__slot">
-    </div>
-    <div class="v-messages theme--light">
-      <span name="message-transition"
-            tag="div"
-            class="v-messages__wrapper"
-      >
-      </span>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-`;
-
 exports[`VInput.ts should not apply attrs to element 1`] = `
 <div class="v-input theme--light">
   <div class="v-input__control">
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/VTextField.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/VTextField.ts
index 2b2942d7cae..375a68781c8 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/VTextField.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/VTextField.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ export default baseMixins.extend<options>().extend({
       })
     },
     genMessages () {
-      if (this.hideDetails === true) return null
+      if (!this.showDetails) return null
 
       const messagesNode = VInput.options.methods.genMessages.call(this)
       const counterNode = this.genCounter()
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/__tests__/__snapshots__/VTextField.spec.ts.snap b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/__tests__/__snapshots__/VTextField.spec.ts.snap
index 7b7b0854841..923fa7cfe37 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/__tests__/__snapshots__/VTextField.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VTextField/__tests__/__snapshots__/VTextField.spec.ts.snap
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ exports[`VTextField.ts should hide messages if no messages and hide-details is a
         >
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="v-text-field__details">
-      <div class="v-messages theme--light">
-        <span name="message-transition"
-              tag="div"
-              class="v-messages__wrapper"
-        >
-        </span>
-      </div>
-    </div>
   </div>
 </div>
 `;