diff --git a/modules/validation/validatable.go b/modules/validation/validatable.go
index ec69da14f9..8ff282b50d 100644
--- a/modules/validation/validatable.go
+++ b/modules/validation/validatable.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func IsValid(v Validateable) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-func ValidateNotEmpty(value any, fieldName string) []string {
+func ValidateNotEmpty(value any, name string) []string {
 	isValid := true
 	switch v := value.(type) {
 	case string:
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ func ValidateNotEmpty(value any, fieldName string) []string {
 	if isValid {
 		return []string{}
 	}
-	return []string{fmt.Sprintf("Field %v should not be empty", fieldName)}
+	return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%v should not be empty", name)}
 }
 
-func ValidateMaxLen(value string, maxLen int, fieldName string) []string {
+func ValidateMaxLen(value string, maxLen int, name string) []string {
 	if utf8.RuneCountInString(value) > maxLen {
-		return []string{fmt.Sprintf("Value in field %v was longer than %v", fieldName, maxLen)}
+		return []string{fmt.Sprintf("Value %v was longer than %v", name, maxLen)}
 	}
 	return []string{}
 }
diff --git a/modules/validation/validatable_test.go b/modules/validation/validatable_test.go
index daa3678683..19bda27173 100644
--- a/modules/validation/validatable_test.go
+++ b/modules/validation/validatable_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 )
 
+type Sut struct {
+	valid bool
+}
+
+func (sut Sut) Validate() []string {
+	if sut.valid {
+		return []string{}
+	} else {
+		return []string{"invalid"}
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_IsValid(t *testing.T) {
+	sut := Sut{valid: true}
+	if res, _ := IsValid(sut); !res {
+		t.Errorf("sut expected to be valid: %v\n", sut.Validate())
+	}
+	sut = Sut{valid: false}
+	if res, _ := IsValid(sut); res {
+		t.Errorf("sut expected to be invalid: %v\n", sut.Validate())
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_ValidateNotEmpty_ForString(t *testing.T) {
 	sut := ""
 	if len(ValidateNotEmpty(sut, "dummyField")) == 0 {