diff --git a/app/models/contact/ident.rb b/app/models/contact/ident.rb
index fdbaa0e9f..b95ad56de 100644
--- a/app/models/contact/ident.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact/ident.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Contact::Ident
         [:base, :mismatch],
         [:code, :invalid_national_id],
         [:code, :invalid_reg_no],
-        [:code, :invalid_iso8601],
+        [:code, :invalid_iso8601_date],
         [:country_code, :invalid_iso31661_alpha2]
       ]
     }
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index d7f0beb09..62d145b28 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ en:
       domain_exists_but_belongs_to_other_registrar: 'Domain exists but belongs to other registrar'
       required_ident_attribute_missing: "Required ident attribute missing: %{key}"
       invalid_iso31661_alpha2: does not conform to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard
-      invalid_iso8601: does not conform to ISO 8601 standard
+      invalid_iso8601_date: has invalid date format YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601)
 
   code: 'Code'
   value: 'Value'
diff --git a/lib/validators/iso8601_validator.rb b/lib/validators/iso8601_validator.rb
index ca57203d5..bbcf63798 100644
--- a/lib/validators/iso8601_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/iso8601_validator.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class Iso8601Validator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
     if options[:date_only]
-      record.errors.add(attribute, :invalid_iso8601) unless value =~ date_format
+      record.errors.add(attribute, :invalid_iso8601_date) unless value =~ date_format
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/validators/iso8601.rb b/spec/lib/validators/iso8601.rb
index fc1133838..78d8f2c4a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/validators/iso8601.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/validators/iso8601.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'iso8601' do
     it 'rejects invalid' do
       model.send("#{attribute}=", '2010-07-0')
       model.validate
-      expect(model.errors).to be_added(attribute, :invalid_iso8601)
+      expect(model.errors).to be_added(attribute, :invalid_iso8601_date)
     end
 
     it 'accepts valid' do
       model.send("#{attribute}=", '2010-07-05')
       model.validate
-      expect(model.errors).to_not be_added(attribute, :invalid_iso8601)
+      expect(model.errors).to_not be_added(attribute, :invalid_iso8601_date)
     end
   end
 end