diff --git a/lib/chai/core/assertions.js b/lib/chai/core/assertions.js
index 82257f4c..7601c7c6 100644
--- a/lib/chai/core/assertions.js
+++ b/lib/chai/core/assertions.js
@@ -3282,6 +3282,8 @@ Assertion.addMethod('members', function (subset, msg) {
 
   let contains = flag(this, 'contains');
   let ordered = flag(this, 'ordered');
+  // Positional diffs mislead when deep comparison ignores order.
+  const showDiff = !flag(this, 'deep') || Boolean(ordered);
 
   let subject, failMsg, failNegateMsg;
 
@@ -3304,7 +3306,7 @@ Assertion.addMethod('members', function (subset, msg) {
     failNegateMsg,
     subset,
     obj,
-    true
+    showDiff
   );
 });
 
diff --git a/test/expect.js b/test/expect.js
index 3d02cdf1..b0382d43 100644
--- a/test/expect.js
+++ b/test/expect.js
@@ -3518,6 +3518,26 @@ describe('expect', function () {
     expect([{ id: 1 }]).deep.members([{ id: 1 }]);
     expect([{a: 1}, {b: 2}, {b: 2}]).deep.members([{a: 1}, {b: 2}, {b: 2}]);
 
+    const actual = [{ foo: 'X' }, { foo: 'Y' }, { foo: 'Z' }, { foo: 'a' }];
+    const expected = [{ foo: 'a' }, { foo: 'x' }, { foo: 'y' }, { foo: 'z' }];
+
+    let unorderedError;
+    try {
+      expect(actual).deep.members(expected);
+    } catch (error) {
+      unorderedError = error;
+    }
+    expect(unorderedError.message).to.include('to have the same members as');
+    expect(unorderedError.showDiff).to.equal(false);
+
+    err(function () {
+      expect([1, 2]).members([2, 3]);
+    }, { showDiff: true });
+
+    err(function () {
+      expect(actual).deep.ordered.members(expected);
+    }, { showDiff: true });
+
     expect([{ id: 2 }]).not.deep.members([{ id: 1 }]);
     expect([{a: 1}, {b: 2}]).not.deep.members([{a: 1}, {b: 2}, {b: 2}]);
     expect([{a: 1}, {b: 2}, {b: 2}]).not.deep.members([{a: 1}, {b: 2}]);