diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
index 8c434b47ef..ec82ae984b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML.Versi
      * errorProperty is undefined on the returned object, the document will be
      * run through an OGCExceptionReport parser.
      */
-    errorProperty: "service",
+    errorProperty: "featureTypeList",
 
     /**
      * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities