diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index 1fe01fe8..d81b3687 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ where
     ///     let hm: HMGetResult<'_, &str, RedisString> = ctx
     ///         .open_key(&key_name)
     ///         .hash_get_multi(fields)?
-    ///         .ok_or(RedisError::Str("ERR key not found"))?;
+    ///         .ok_or(RedisError::Str("key not found"))?;
     ///     let response: Vec<RedisValue> = hm.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| v.into()).collect();
     ///     Ok(RedisValue::Array(response))
     /// }
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ where
     ///     let hm: HMGetResult<'_, &str, RedisString> = ctx
     ///          .open_key(&key_name)
     ///          .hash_get_multi(fields)?
-    ///          .ok_or(RedisError::Str("ERR key not found"))?;
+    ///          .ok_or(RedisError::Str("key not found"))?;
     ///     let response: Vec<RedisValue> = hm.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| RedisValue::BulkRedisString(v)).collect();
     ///     Ok(RedisValue::Array(response))
     /// }
diff --git a/src/raw.rs b/src/raw.rs
index 0a70118e..d91d8455 100644
--- a/src/raw.rs
+++ b/src/raw.rs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ where
 
     match res {
         Status::Ok => Ok(()),
-        Status::Err => Err(RedisError::Str("ERR key is not a hash value")),
+        Status::Err => Err(RedisError::Str("key is not a hash value")),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rediserror.rs b/src/rediserror.rs
index e7645a0b..0d821d5a 100644
--- a/src/rediserror.rs
+++ b/src/rediserror.rs
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ pub enum RedisError {
 impl RedisError {
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn nonexistent_key() -> Self {
-        Self::Str("ERR could not perform this operation on a key that doesn't exist")
+        Self::Str("could not perform this operation on a key that doesn't exist")
     }
 
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn short_read() -> Self {
-        Self::Str("ERR short read or OOM loading DB")
+        Self::Str("short read or OOM loading DB")
     }
 }
 
 impl<T: std::error::Error> From<T> for RedisError {
     fn from(e: T) -> Self {
-        Self::String(format!("ERR {e}"))
+        Self::String(e.to_string())
     }
 }
 
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for RedisError {
             Self::String(s) => s.as_str(),
         };
 
-        write!(f, "{d}")
+        write!(f, "ERR {d}")
     }
 }