diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b979e34a5a3..68765cce811 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The order and collapsed state of columns is now persisted across page navigation
 - console: decouple data rows and count fetch in data browser to account for really large tables (close #3793) (#4269)
 - docs: add One-Click Render deployment guide (close #3683) (#4209)
 - server: reserved keywords in column references break parser (fix #3597) #3927
+- server: fix postgres specific error message that exposed database type on invalid query parameters (#4294)
 
 ## `v1.2.0-beta.3`
 
diff --git a/server/src-lib/Hasura/Db.hs b/server/src-lib/Hasura/Db.hs
index 0cebe460e3d..b4138f8337b 100644
--- a/server/src-lib/Hasura/Db.hs
+++ b/server/src-lib/Hasura/Db.hs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ defaultTxErrorHandler = mkTxErrorHandler (const False)
 mkTxErrorHandler :: (PGErrorType -> Bool) -> Q.PGTxErr -> QErr
 mkTxErrorHandler isExpectedError txe = fromMaybe unexpectedError expectedError
   where
-    unexpectedError = (internalError "postgres query error") { qeInternal = Just $ J.toJSON txe }
+    unexpectedError = (internalError "database query error") { qeInternal = Just $ J.toJSON txe }
     expectedError = uncurry err400 <$> do
       errorDetail <- Q.getPGStmtErr txe
       message <- Q.edMessage errorDetail