form:errors does not show a list of errors but form:errors path="x" works

I'm trying to show a complete list of my form errors. Now I can do <form:errors path="x"/> a few times, but unless I'm mistaken I should be able to just use <form:errors/>? However <form:errors/> gives me no output.

Does anyone know why thi开发者_运维百科s is happening (and yes, the form:errors is within my form:form)

<form:errors/> produces errors associated with the command object itself. To get errors for all its fields you need <form:errors path = "*" />.