diff --git a/api/next/51684.txt b/api/next/51684.txt
index f35d13f088..b8a0645256 100644
--- a/api/next/51684.txt
+++ b/api/next/51684.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pkg regexp/syntax, const ErrInvalidDepth = "expression nests too deeply" #51684
-pkg regexp/syntax, const ErrInvalidDepth ErrorCode #51684
+pkg regexp/syntax, const ErrNestingDepth = "expression nests too deeply" #51684
+pkg regexp/syntax, const ErrNestingDepth ErrorCode #51684
diff --git a/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go b/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go
index 1462f4c082..350f297e5b 100644
--- a/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go
+++ b/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 	ErrMissingRepeatArgument ErrorCode = "missing argument to repetition operator"
 	ErrTrailingBackslash     ErrorCode = "trailing backslash at end of expression"
 	ErrUnexpectedParen       ErrorCode = "unexpected )"
-	ErrInvalidDepth          ErrorCode = "expression nests too deeply"
+	ErrNestingDepth          ErrorCode = "expression nests too deeply"
 )
 
 func (e ErrorCode) String() string {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (p *parser) checkHeight(re *Regexp) {
 		}
 	}
 	if p.calcHeight(re, true) > maxHeight {
-		panic(ErrInvalidDepth)
+		panic(ErrNestingDepth)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ func parse(s string, flags Flags) (_ *Regexp, err error) {
 			panic(r)
 		case nil:
 			// ok
-		case ErrInvalidDepth:
-			err = &Error{Code: ErrInvalidDepth, Expr: s}
+		case ErrNestingDepth:
+			err = &Error{Code: ErrNestingDepth, Expr: s}
 		}
 	}()