diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index db0c536b..3eb62437 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -72,13 +72,24 @@ pub(super) enum Parse {
     #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
     VersionH2,
     Uri,
-    Header,
+    Header(Header),
     TooLarge,
     Status,
     #[cfg_attr(debug_assertions, allow(unused))]
     Internal,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(super) enum Header {
+    Token,
+    #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+    ContentLengthInvalid,
+    #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+    TransferEncodingInvalid,
+    #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+    TransferEncodingUnexpected,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(super) enum User {
     /// Error calling user's HttpBody::poll_data().
@@ -375,7 +386,19 @@ impl Error {
             #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
             Kind::Parse(Parse::VersionH2) => "invalid HTTP version parsed (found HTTP2 preface)",
             Kind::Parse(Parse::Uri) => "invalid URI",
-            Kind::Parse(Parse::Header) => "invalid HTTP header parsed",
+            Kind::Parse(Parse::Header(Header::Token)) => "invalid HTTP header parsed",
+            #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+            Kind::Parse(Parse::Header(Header::ContentLengthInvalid)) => {
+                "invalid content-length parsed"
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+            Kind::Parse(Parse::Header(Header::TransferEncodingInvalid)) => {
+                "invalid transfer-encoding parsed"
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+            Kind::Parse(Parse::Header(Header::TransferEncodingUnexpected)) => {
+                "unexpected transfer-encoding parsed"
+            }
             Kind::Parse(Parse::TooLarge) => "message head is too large",
             Kind::Parse(Parse::Status) => "invalid HTTP status-code parsed",
             Kind::Parse(Parse::Internal) => {
@@ -475,13 +498,28 @@ impl From<Parse> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "http1")]
+impl Parse {
+    pub(crate) fn content_length_invalid() -> Self {
+        Parse::Header(Header::ContentLengthInvalid)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn transfer_encoding_invalid() -> Self {
+        Parse::Header(Header::TransferEncodingInvalid)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn transfer_encoding_unexpected() -> Self {
+        Parse::Header(Header::TransferEncodingUnexpected)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<httparse::Error> for Parse {
     fn from(err: httparse::Error) -> Parse {
         match err {
             httparse::Error::HeaderName
             | httparse::Error::HeaderValue
             | httparse::Error::NewLine
-            | httparse::Error::Token => Parse::Header,
+            | httparse::Error::Token => Parse::Header(Header::Token),
             httparse::Error::Status => Parse::Status,
             httparse::Error::TooManyHeaders => Parse::TooLarge,
             httparse::Error::Version => Parse::Version,
diff --git a/src/proto/h1/role.rs b/src/proto/h1/role.rs
index 0d59edf2..f76f6cfe 100644
--- a/src/proto/h1/role.rs
+++ b/src/proto/h1/role.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl Http1Transaction for Server {
                     // malformed. A server should respond with 400 Bad Request.
                     if !is_http_11 {
                         debug!("HTTP/1.0 cannot have Transfer-Encoding header");
-                        return Err(Parse::Header);
+                        return Err(Parse::transfer_encoding_unexpected());
                     }
                     is_te = true;
                     if headers::is_chunked_(&value) {
@@ -221,15 +221,15 @@ impl Http1Transaction for Server {
                     }
                     let len = value
                         .to_str()
-                        .map_err(|_| Parse::Header)
-                        .and_then(|s| s.parse().map_err(|_| Parse::Header))?;
+                        .map_err(|_| Parse::content_length_invalid())
+                        .and_then(|s| s.parse().map_err(|_| Parse::content_length_invalid()))?;
                     if let Some(prev) = con_len {
                         if prev != len {
                             debug!(
                                 "multiple Content-Length headers with different values: [{}, {}]",
                                 prev, len,
                             );
-                            return Err(Parse::Header);
+                            return Err(Parse::content_length_invalid());
                         }
                         // we don't need to append this secondary length
                         continue;
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ impl Http1Transaction for Server {
 
         if is_te && !is_te_chunked {
             debug!("request with transfer-encoding header, but not chunked, bad request");
-            return Err(Parse::Header);
+            return Err(Parse::transfer_encoding_invalid());
         }
 
         let mut extensions = http::Extensions::default();
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ impl Http1Transaction for Server {
         use crate::error::Kind;
         let status = match *err.kind() {
             Kind::Parse(Parse::Method)
-            | Kind::Parse(Parse::Header)
+            | Kind::Parse(Parse::Header(_))
             | Kind::Parse(Parse::Uri)
             | Kind::Parse(Parse::Version) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
             Kind::Parse(Parse::TooLarge) => StatusCode::REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE,
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ impl Client {
             // malformed. A server should respond with 400 Bad Request.
             if inc.version == Version::HTTP_10 {
                 debug!("HTTP/1.0 cannot have Transfer-Encoding header");
-                Err(Parse::Header)
+                Err(Parse::transfer_encoding_unexpected())
             } else if headers::transfer_encoding_is_chunked(&inc.headers) {
                 Ok(Some((DecodedLength::CHUNKED, false)))
             } else {
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ impl Client {
             Ok(Some((DecodedLength::checked_new(len)?, false)))
         } else if inc.headers.contains_key(header::CONTENT_LENGTH) {
             debug!("illegal Content-Length header");
-            Err(Parse::Header)
+            Err(Parse::content_length_invalid())
         } else {
             trace!("neither Transfer-Encoding nor Content-Length");
             Ok(Some((DecodedLength::CLOSE_DELIMITED, false)))