diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Formatters/JsonApiReader.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Formatters/JsonApiReader.cs
index 309705e03d..768e6a4fe6 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Formatters/JsonApiReader.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Formatters/JsonApiReader.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Models;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public JsonApiReader(IJsonApiDeserializer deserializer,
             _logger.LogTrace("Executing constructor.");
         }
 
-        public async  Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
+        public async Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
         {
             if (context == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
@@ -36,39 +37,34 @@ public async  Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadAsync(InputFormatterContext context
                 return await InputFormatterResult.SuccessAsync(null);
             }
 
+            var body = await GetRequestBody(context.HttpContext.Request.Body);
+
+            object model;
             try
             {
-                var body = await GetRequestBody(context.HttpContext.Request.Body);
-                object model = _deserializer.Deserialize(body);
-                if (model == null)
-                {
-                    _logger.LogError("An error occurred while de-serializing the payload");
-                }
-                if (context.HttpContext.Request.Method == "PATCH")
-                {
-                    bool idMissing;
-                    if (model is IList list)
-                    {
-                        idMissing = CheckForId(list);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        idMissing = CheckForId(model);
-                    }
-                    if (idMissing)
-                    {
-                        _logger.LogError("Payload must include id attribute");
-                        throw new JsonApiException(400, "Payload must include id attribute");
-                    }
-                }
-                return await InputFormatterResult.SuccessAsync(model);
+                model = _deserializer.Deserialize(body);
+            }
+            catch (Exception exception)
+            {
+                throw CreateErrorForUnprocessableEntity("An error occurred while de-serializing the payload.", exception);
             }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+
+            if (context.HttpContext.Request.Method == "PATCH")
             {
-                _logger.LogError(new EventId(), ex, "An error occurred while de-serializing the payload");
-                context.ModelState.AddModelError(context.ModelName, ex, context.Metadata);
-                return await InputFormatterResult.FailureAsync();
+                var hasMissingId = model is IList list ? CheckForId(list) : CheckForId(model);
+                if (hasMissingId)
+                {
+                    throw CreateErrorForUnprocessableEntity("Payload must include id attribute.", null);
+                }
             }
+
+            return await InputFormatterResult.SuccessAsync(model);
+        }
+
+        private Exception CreateErrorForUnprocessableEntity(string title, Exception exception)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation(new EventId(), exception, title);
+            return new JsonApiException(422, title, exception?.Message, null);
         }
 
         /// <summary> Checks if the deserialized payload has an ID included </summary>
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/Spec/UpdatingDataTests.cs b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/Spec/UpdatingDataTests.cs
index bbe645d17c..486012c78f 100644
--- a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/Spec/UpdatingDataTests.cs
+++ b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/Spec/UpdatingDataTests.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Bogus;
+using JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Models;
 using JsonApiDotNetCoreExample;
 using JsonApiDotNetCoreExample.Data;
@@ -78,7 +79,16 @@ public async Task Response400IfUpdatingNotSettableAttribute()
             var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(422, Convert.ToInt32(response.StatusCode));
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, response.StatusCode);
+
+            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            var document = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ErrorCollection>(body);
+            Assert.Single(document.Errors);
+
+            var error = document.Errors.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(422, error.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("An error occurred while de-serializing the payload.", error.Title);
+            Assert.Equal("Property set method not found.", error.Detail);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -126,8 +136,16 @@ public async Task Respond_422_If_IdNotInAttributeList()
             var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(422, Convert.ToInt32(response.StatusCode));
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, response.StatusCode);
+
+            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            var document = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ErrorCollection>(body);
+            Assert.Single(document.Errors);
 
+            var error = document.Errors.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(422, error.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("Payload must include id attribute.", error.Title);
+            Assert.Null(error.Detail);
         }
 
         [Fact]