diff --git a/src/errors/__tests__/request_error.test.ts b/src/errors/__tests__/request_error.test.ts
index e081f57b45..aaa10faffa 100644
--- a/src/errors/__tests__/request_error.test.ts
+++ b/src/errors/__tests__/request_error.test.ts
@@ -27,17 +27,19 @@ describe("errors - RequestError", () => {
     expect(requestError.xhr).toBe(xhr);
     expect(requestError.status).toBe(355);
     expect(requestError.type).toBe("ERROR_EVENT");
-    expect(requestError.message).toBe("ERROR_EVENT");
+    expect(requestError.message).toBe(
+      "An error prevented the request to be performed successfully"
+    );
     xhr.abort();
   });
   it("should authorize no XHR", () => {
-    const requestError = new RequestError("foo", 355, "ERROR_EVENT");
+    const requestError = new RequestError("foo", 355, "TIMEOUT");
     expect(requestError).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
     expect(requestError.name).toBe("RequestError");
     expect(requestError.url).toBe("foo");
     expect(requestError.xhr).toBe(undefined);
     expect(requestError.status).toBe(355);
-    expect(requestError.type).toBe("ERROR_EVENT");
-    expect(requestError.message).toBe("ERROR_EVENT");
+    expect(requestError.type).toBe("TIMEOUT");
+    expect(requestError.message).toBe("The request timeouted");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/errors/request_error.ts b/src/errors/request_error.ts
index ed4aafd5ba..35000be08f 100644
--- a/src/errors/request_error.ts
+++ b/src/errors/request_error.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@ export default class RequestError extends Error {
     }
     this.status = status;
     this.type = type;
-    this.message = type;
+
+    switch (type) {
+      case "TIMEOUT":
+        this.message = "The request timeouted";
+        break;
+      case "ERROR_EVENT":
+        this.message = "An error prevented the request to be performed successfully";
+        break;
+      case "PARSE_ERROR":
+        this.message = "An error happened while formatting the response data";
+        break;
+      case "ERROR_HTTP_CODE":
+        this.message = "An HTTP status code indicating failure was received: " +
+          String(this.status);
+        break;
+    }
   }
 }