diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/errors.py b/r2/r2/lib/errors.py
index 291b4efe4..f7cece0ff 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/errors.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/errors.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ error_list = dict((
         ('MULTI_CANNOT_EDIT', _('you can\'t change that multireddit')),
         ('MULTI_TOO_MANY_SUBREDDITS', _('no more space for subreddits in that multireddit')),
         ('MULTI_SPECIAL_SUBREDDIT', _("can't add special subreddit %(path)s")),
-        ('BAD_JSON', _('unable to parse JSON data')),
+        ('JSON_PARSE_ERROR', _('unable to parse JSON data')),
     ))
 
 errors = Storage([(e, e) for e in error_list.keys()])
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/validator/validator.py b/r2/r2/lib/validator/validator.py
index 1c7aa9a13..233a83d15 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/validator/validator.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/validator/validator.py
@@ -2183,12 +2183,12 @@ class VPermissions(Validator):
 class VJSON(Validator):
     def run(self, json_str):
         if not json_str:
-            return self.set_error('BAD_JSON', code=400)
+            return self.set_error('JSON_PARSE_ERROR', code=400)
         else:
             try:
                 return json.loads(json_str)
             except ValueError:
-                return self.set_error('BAD_JSON', code=400)
+                return self.set_error('JSON_PARSE_ERROR', code=400)
 
     def param_docs(self):
         return {