1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/table/format.cc b/table/format.cc
index cda1decdf3..aa63144c9e 100644
--- a/table/format.cc
+++ b/table/format.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Status Footer::DecodeFrom(Slice* input) {
   const uint64_t magic = ((static_cast<uint64_t>(magic_hi) << 32) |
                           (static_cast<uint64_t>(magic_lo)));
   if (magic != kTableMagicNumber) {
-    return Status::InvalidArgument("not an sstable (bad magic number)");
+    return Status::Corruption("not an sstable (bad magic number)");
   }
 
   Status result = metaindex_handle_.DecodeFrom(input);