diff --git a/models/repo/update.go b/models/repo/update.go
index 5f5e8eb7e56..38bac3e10c1 100644
--- a/models/repo/update.go
+++ b/models/repo/update.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func IsErrRepoAlreadyExist(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func (err ErrRepoAlreadyExist) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("repository already exists [uname: %s, name: %s]", err.Uname, err.Name)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("repository already exists [owner: %s, repo: %s]", err.Uname, err.Name)
 }
 
 func (err ErrRepoAlreadyExist) Unwrap() error {
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
index 1174b103cf0..2f155fbe7b6 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	unit_model "gitea.dev/models/unit"
 	user_model "gitea.dev/models/user"
 	"gitea.dev/modules/git"
-	"gitea.dev/modules/label"
 	"gitea.dev/modules/log"
 	"gitea.dev/modules/markup"
 	"gitea.dev/modules/optional"
@@ -254,17 +253,7 @@ func CreateUserRepo(ctx *context.APIContext, owner *user_model.User, opt api.Cre
 		ObjectFormatName: string(opt.ObjectFormatName),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		if repo_model.IsErrRepoAlreadyExist(err) {
-			ctx.APIError(http.StatusConflict, "The repository with the same name already exists.")
-		} else if db.IsErrNameReserved(err) ||
-			db.IsErrNamePatternNotAllowed(err) ||
-			label.IsErrTemplateLoad(err) {
-			ctx.APIError(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, err.Error())
-		} else if errors.Is(err, util.ErrPermissionDenied) {
-			ctx.APIError(http.StatusForbidden, err.Error())
-		} else {
-			ctx.APIErrorInternal(err)
-		}
+		ctx.APIErrorAuto(err)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_repo_test.go b/tests/integration/api_repo_test.go
index b723901fc5f..8bdb79f368b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_repo_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/api_repo_test.go
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func testAPIRepoMigrateConflict(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
 			AddTokenAuth(httpContext.Token)
 		resp := httpContext.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusConflict)
 		respJSON := DecodeJSON(t, resp, map[string]string{})
-		assert.Equal(t, "The repository with the same name already exists.", respJSON["message"])
+		assert.Contains(t, respJSON["message"], "already exists")
 	})
 }
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func testAPIRepoCreateConflict(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
 			AddTokenAuth(httpContext.Token)
 		resp := httpContext.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusConflict)
 		respJSON := DecodeJSON(t, resp, map[string]string{})
-		assert.Equal(t, "The repository with the same name already exists.", respJSON["message"])
+		assert.Contains(t, respJSON["message"], "already exists")
 	})
 }