1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kafka/errors.py b/kafka/errors.py
index c72455a..4a409db 100644
--- a/kafka/errors.py
+++ b/kafka/errors.py
@@ -101,12 +101,15 @@ class OffsetOutOfRangeError(BrokerResponseError):
                    ' maintained by the server for the given topic/partition.')
 
 
-class InvalidMessageError(BrokerResponseError):
+class CorruptRecordException(BrokerResponseError):
     errno = 2
-    message = 'INVALID_MESSAGE'
+    message = 'CORRUPT_MESSAGE'
     description = ('This message has failed its CRC checksum, exceeds the'
                    ' valid size, or is otherwise corrupt.')
 
+# Backward compatibility
+InvalidMessageError = CorruptRecordException
+
 
 class UnknownTopicOrPartitionError(BrokerResponseError):
     errno = 3