diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs
index 6823405d5..cfd5454dc 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/active_enum.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl ActiveEnum {
                 fn try_from_value(v: &Self::Value) -> Result<Self, sea_orm::DbErr> {
                     match #val {
                         #( #variant_values => Ok(Self::#variant_idents), )*
-                        _ => Err(sea_orm::DbErr::Query(format!(
+                        _ => Err(sea_orm::DbErr::Type(format!(
                             "unexpected value for {} enum: {}",
                             stringify!(#ident),
                             v
diff --git a/src/entity/active_enum.rs b/src/entity/active_enum.rs
index 31a65db7a..5eb77b9f2 100644
--- a/src/entity/active_enum.rs
+++ b/src/entity/active_enum.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use sea_query::{Nullable, Value, ValueType};
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// use sea_orm::entity::prelude::*;
-/// 
+///
 /// // Using the derive macro
 /// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, DeriveActiveEnum)]
 /// #[sea_orm(rs_type = "String", db_type = "String(Some(1))")]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use sea_query::{Nullable, Value, ValueType};
 ///         match v.as_ref() {
 ///             "B" => Ok(Self::Big),
 ///             "S" => Ok(Self::Small),
-///             _ => Err(DbErr::Query(format!(
+///             _ => Err(DbErr::Type(format!(
 ///                 "unexpected value for Category enum: {}",
 ///                 v
 ///             ))),
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ mod tests {
                 match v.as_ref() {
                     "B" => Ok(Self::Big),
                     "S" => Ok(Self::Small),
-                    _ => Err(DbErr::Query(format!(
+                    _ => Err(DbErr::Type(format!(
                         "unexpected value for Category enum: {}",
                         v
                     ))),
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(
             Category::try_from_value(&"A".to_owned()).err(),
-            Some(DbErr::Query(
+            Some(DbErr::Type(
                 "unexpected value for Category enum: A".to_owned()
             ))
         );
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(
             DeriveCategory::try_from_value(&"A".to_owned()).err(),
-            Some(DbErr::Query(
+            Some(DbErr::Type(
                 "unexpected value for DeriveCategory enum: A".to_owned()
             ))
         );
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ mod tests {
                 assert_eq!($ident::try_from_value(&-10).ok(), Some($ident::Negative));
                 assert_eq!(
                     $ident::try_from_value(&2).err(),
-                    Some(DbErr::Query(format!(
+                    Some(DbErr::Type(format!(
                         "unexpected value for {} enum: 2",
                         stringify!($ident)
                     )))
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ mod tests {
                 assert_eq!($ident::try_from_value(&0).ok(), Some($ident::Small));
                 assert_eq!(
                     $ident::try_from_value(&2).err(),
-                    Some(DbErr::Query(format!(
+                    Some(DbErr::Type(format!(
                         "unexpected value for {} enum: 2",
                         stringify!($ident)
                     )))
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index f39aee721..c138009ba 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
+/// Represents all the errors in SeaORM.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum DbErr {
+    /// Error occurred while connecting to database engine.
     Conn(String),
+
+    /// Error occurred while executing SQL statement.
     Exec(String),
+
+    /// Error occurred while querying SQL statement.
     Query(String),
+
+    /// Error occurred while updating a non-existing row in database.
     RecordNotFound(String),
+
+    /// Error occurred while performing custom validation logics in [ActiveModelBehavior](crate::ActiveModelBehavior)
     Custom(String),
+
+    /// Error occurred while parsing value into [ActiveEnum](crate::ActiveEnum)
+    Type(String),
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for DbErr {}
@@ -17,6 +30,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for DbErr {
             Self::Query(s) => write!(f, "Query Error: {}", s),
             Self::RecordNotFound(s) => write!(f, "RecordNotFound Error: {}", s),
             Self::Custom(s) => write!(f, "Custom Error: {}", s),
+            Self::Type(s) => write!(f, "Type Error: {}", s),
         }
     }
 }