diff --git a/src/components/field-types/Textarea/index.js b/src/components/field-types/Textarea/index.js
index 6e242a07f7..46da528699 100644
--- a/src/components/field-types/Textarea/index.js
+++ b/src/components/field-types/Textarea/index.js
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import { fieldType } from 'payload/components';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
-const errors = {
-  text: 'Please fill in the field'
-};
+const error = 'Please fill in the textarea';
 
 const validate = value => value.length > 0;
 
@@ -27,4 +25,4 @@ const Textarea = props => {
   );
 }
 
-export default fieldType(Textarea, 'textarea', validate, errors);
+export default fieldType(Textarea, 'textarea', validate, error);
diff --git a/src/components/field-types/fieldType/index.js b/src/components/field-types/fieldType/index.js
index da68fedf13..999aa74ab8 100644
--- a/src/components/field-types/fieldType/index.js
+++ b/src/components/field-types/fieldType/index.js
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ const fieldType = (PassedComponent, slug, validate, errors) => {
         <PassedComponent {...this.props}
         className={className}
         value={value}
-        Label={<Label {...this.props} />}
-        Error={<Error showError={showError} />}
+        label={<Label {...this.props} />}
+        error={<Error showError={showError} type={this.props.type} />}
         onChange={e => {
           this.sendField(e.target.value);
           this.props.onChange && this.props.onChange(e);
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ const fieldType = (PassedComponent, slug, validate, errors) => {
     if (props.showError) {
       return (
         <Tooltip className="error-message">
-          {errors[this.props.type]}
+          {props.type && errors[props.type]}
+
+          {!props.type && errors}
         </Tooltip>
       )
     }