diff --git a/routing/errors.go b/routing/errors.go
index 1867b110..0eb6cb37 100644
--- a/routing/errors.go
+++ b/routing/errors.go
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ const (
 	// announcement was given for node not found in any channel.
 	ErrIgnored
 
+	// ErrRejected is returned if the update is for a channel ID that was
+	// previously added to the reject cache because of an invalid update
+	// was attempted to be processed.
+	ErrRejected
+
 	// ErrPaymentAttemptTimeout is an error that indicates that a payment
 	// attempt timed out before we were able to successfully route an HTLC.
 	ErrPaymentAttemptTimeout
diff --git a/routing/router.go b/routing/router.go
index b202ac7b..e275843a 100644
--- a/routing/router.go
+++ b/routing/router.go
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func (r *ChannelRouter) processUpdate(msg interface{}) error {
 		r.rejectMtx.RLock()
 		if _, ok := r.rejectCache[msg.ChannelID]; ok {
 			r.rejectMtx.RUnlock()
-			return newErrf(ErrIgnored, "recently rejected "+
+			return newErrf(ErrRejected, "recently rejected "+
 				"chan_id=%v", msg.ChannelID)
 		}
 		r.rejectMtx.RUnlock()
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ func (r *ChannelRouter) processUpdate(msg interface{}) error {
 		r.rejectMtx.RLock()
 		if _, ok := r.rejectCache[msg.ChannelID]; ok {
 			r.rejectMtx.RUnlock()
-			return newErrf(ErrIgnored, "recently rejected "+
+			return newErrf(ErrRejected, "recently rejected "+
 				"chan_id=%v", msg.ChannelID)
 		}
 		r.rejectMtx.RUnlock()