diff --git a/documentation/examples/gh-got.js b/documentation/examples/gh-got.js
index cbd8c374c..ba427844c 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/gh-got.js
+++ b/documentation/examples/gh-got.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const instance = got.extend({
 					// Nicer errors
 					if (response && response.body) {
 						error.name = 'GitHubError';
-						error.message = `${response.body.message} (${error.statusCode} status code)`;
+						error.message = `${response.body.message} (${response.statusCode} status code)`;
 					}
 
 					// Rate limit for errors
diff --git a/documentation/lets-make-a-plugin.md b/documentation/lets-make-a-plugin.md
index 35ba70f67..bdc868d60 100644
--- a/documentation/lets-make-a-plugin.md
+++ b/documentation/lets-make-a-plugin.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ We should name our errors, just to know if the error is from the API response. S
 					// Nicer errors
 					if (response && response.body) {
 						error.name = 'GitHubError';
-						error.message = `${response.body.message} (${error.statusCode} status code)`;
+						error.message = `${response.body.message} (${response.statusCode} status code)`;
 					}
 
 					throw error;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ const getRateLimit = (headers) => ({
 					// Nicer errors
 					if (response && response.body) {
 						error.name = 'GitHubError';
-						error.message = `${response.body.message} (${error.statusCode} status code)`;
+						error.message = `${response.body.message} (${response.statusCode} status code)`;
 					}
 
 					// Rate limit for errors
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index fcdc64238..14123188b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ got('https://api.github.com/some-endpoint', {
 				const {response} = error;
  				if (response && response.body) {
 					error.name = 'GitHubError';
-					error.message = `${response.body.message} (${error.statusCode})`;
+					error.message = `${response.body.message} (${response.statusCode})`;
 				}
 
  				return error;