diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
index 52538c862..00229960e 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ impl ErrorCode for MilliError<'_> {
                     UserError::AttributeLimitReached => Code::MaxFieldsLimitExceeded,
                     UserError::InvalidFilter(_) => Code::Filter,
                     UserError::InvalidFilterAttribute(_) => Code::Filter,
-                    UserError::InvalidSortName { .. } => Code::Sort,
                     UserError::MissingDocumentId { .. } => Code::MissingDocumentId,
                     UserError::MissingPrimaryKey => Code::MissingPrimaryKey,
                     UserError::PrimaryKeyCannotBeChanged => Code::PrimaryKeyAlreadyPresent,
@@ -92,9 +91,9 @@ impl ErrorCode for MilliError<'_> {
                     UserError::UnknownInternalDocumentId { .. } => Code::DocumentNotFound,
                     UserError::InvalidFacetsDistribution { .. } => Code::BadRequest,
                     UserError::InvalidGeoField { .. } => Code::InvalidGeoField,
-                    UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute { .. }
-                    | UserError::InvalidReservedSortName { .. } => Code::Sort,
-                    UserError::CriterionError(_) => Code::BadRequest,
+                    UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute { .. } => Code::Sort,
+                    UserError::SortError(_) => Code::Sort,
+                    UserError::CriterionError(_) => Code::InvalidRankingRule,
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/error.rs
index a369381fe..d29c18d25 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/error.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ impl ErrorCode for MilliError<'_> {
                     UserError::AttributeLimitReached => Code::MaxFieldsLimitExceeded,
                     UserError::InvalidFilter(_) => Code::Filter,
                     UserError::InvalidFilterAttribute(_) => Code::Filter,
-                    UserError::InvalidSortName { .. } => Code::Sort,
                     UserError::MissingDocumentId { .. } => Code::MissingDocumentId,
                     UserError::MissingPrimaryKey => Code::MissingPrimaryKey,
                     UserError::PrimaryKeyCannotBeChanged => Code::PrimaryKeyAlreadyPresent,
@@ -52,10 +51,10 @@ impl ErrorCode for MilliError<'_> {
                     UserError::SortRankingRuleMissing => Code::Sort,
                     UserError::UnknownInternalDocumentId { .. } => Code::DocumentNotFound,
                     UserError::InvalidFacetsDistribution { .. } => Code::BadRequest,
-                    UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute { .. }
-                    | UserError::InvalidReservedSortName { .. } => Code::Sort,
+                    UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute { .. } => Code::Sort,
                     UserError::CriterionError(_) => Code::InvalidRankingRule,
                     UserError::InvalidGeoField { .. } => Code::InvalidGeoField,
+                    UserError::SortError(_) => Code::Sort,
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/index/search.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/index/search.rs
index 37f4e2a33..edc672897 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/index/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/index/search.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use heed::RoTxn;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use meilisearch_tokenizer::{Analyzer, AnalyzerConfig, Token};
 use milli::{
-    AscDesc, AscDescError, FieldId, FieldsIdsMap, FilterCondition, MatchingWords, UserError,
+    AscDesc, AscDescError, FieldId, FieldsIdsMap, FilterCondition, MatchingWords, SortError,
+    UserError,
 };
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -113,15 +114,8 @@ impl Index {
         if let Some(ref sort) = query.sort {
             let sort = match sort.iter().map(|s| AscDesc::from_str(s)).collect() {
                 Ok(sorts) => sorts,
-                Err(AscDescError::InvalidSyntax { name }) => {
-                    return Err(IndexError::Milli(
-                        UserError::InvalidSortName { name }.into(),
-                    ))
-                }
-                Err(AscDescError::ReservedKeyword { name }) => {
-                    return Err(IndexError::Milli(
-                        UserError::InvalidReservedSortName { name }.into(),
-                    ))
+                Err(asc_desc_error) => {
+                    return Err(IndexError::Milli(SortError::from(asc_desc_error).into()))
                 }
             };