diff --git a/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs b/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs
index 389f7ce91c..64c631ff01 100644
--- a/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -657,11 +657,16 @@ impl RouteEnum {
 
             #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
             #[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)]
-            #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
             pub enum #match_error_name {
                 #(#error_variants),*
             }
 
+            impl std::fmt::Debug for #match_error_name {
+                fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                    write!(f, "{}({})", stringify!(#match_error_name), self)
+                }
+            }
+
             impl std::fmt::Display for #match_error_name {
                 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
                     match self {
diff --git a/packages/router-macro/src/segment.rs b/packages/router-macro/src/segment.rs
index ba4cbfab8d..230517afea 100644
--- a/packages/router-macro/src/segment.rs
+++ b/packages/router-macro/src/segment.rs
@@ -279,13 +279,18 @@ pub(crate) fn create_error_type(
     quote! {
         #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
         #[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)]
-        #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
         pub enum #error_name {
             ExtraSegments(String),
             #(#child_type_variant,)*
             #(#error_variants,)*
         }
 
+        impl std::fmt::Debug for #error_name {
+            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                write!(f, "{}({})", stringify!(#error_name), self)
+            }
+        }
+
         impl std::fmt::Display for #error_name {
             fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
                 match self {
diff --git a/packages/router/src/routable.rs b/packages/router/src/routable.rs
index e61c6b4b63..6eaaa3f1ab 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/routable.rs
+++ b/packages/router/src/routable.rs
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ fn full_circle() {
 /// }
 ///
 /// // Implement ToRouteSegments for NumericRouteSegments so that we can display the route segments
-/// impl ToRouteSegments for &NumericRouteSegments {
-///     fn display_route_segments(self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+/// impl ToRouteSegments for NumericRouteSegments {
+///     fn display_route_segments(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
 ///         for number in &self.numbers {
 ///             write!(f, "/{}", number)?;
 ///         }
@@ -391,24 +391,18 @@ fn full_circle() {
 /// #     todo!()
 /// # }
 /// ```
-#[rustversion::attr(
-    since(1.78.0),
-    diagnostic::on_unimplemented(
-        message = "`ToRouteSegments` is not implemented for `{Self}`",
-        label = "route segment",
-        note = "ToRouteSegments is automatically implemented for types that implement `IntoIterator` with an `Item` type that implements `Display`. You need to either implement IntoIterator or implement ToRouteSegments manually."
-    )
-)]
 pub trait ToRouteSegments {
-    /// Display the route segments. You must url encode the segments.
-    fn display_route_segments(self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result;
+    /// Display the route segments with each route segment separated by a `/`. This should not start with a `/`.
+    ///
+    fn display_route_segments(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result;
 }
 
+// Implement ToRouteSegments for any type that can turn &self into an iterator of &T where T: Display
 impl<I, T: Display> ToRouteSegments for I
 where
-    I: IntoIterator<Item = T>,
+    for<'a> &'a I: IntoIterator<Item = &'a T>,
 {
-    fn display_route_segments(self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    fn display_route_segments(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         for segment in self {
             write!(f, "/")?;
             let segment = segment.to_string();
@@ -460,8 +454,8 @@ fn to_route_segments() {
 /// }
 ///
 /// // Implement ToRouteSegments for NumericRouteSegments so that we can display the route segments
-/// impl ToRouteSegments for &NumericRouteSegments {
-///     fn display_route_segments(self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+/// impl ToRouteSegments for NumericRouteSegments {
+///     fn display_route_segments(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
 ///         for number in &self.numbers {
 ///             write!(f, "/{}", number)?;
 ///         }
@@ -497,9 +491,11 @@ fn to_route_segments() {
 )]
 pub trait FromRouteSegments: Sized {
     /// The error that can occur when parsing route segments.
-    type Err;
+    type Err: std::fmt::Display;
 
     /// Create an instance of `Self` from route segments.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: This method must parse the output of `ToRouteSegments::display_route_segments` into the type `Self`.
     fn from_route_segments(segments: &[&str]) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>;
 }