diff --git a/src/components/InlineErrorText.js b/src/components/InlineErrorText.js
index d77a5c4aacee..8f6f705329f4 100644
--- a/src/components/InlineErrorText.js
+++ b/src/components/InlineErrorText.js
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import Text from './Text';
 
 const propTypes = {
     /** Text to display */
-    children: PropTypes.string,
+    children: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
 
     /** Styling for inline error text */
     styles: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object),
 };
 
 const defaultProps = {
-    children: 'Error',
     styles: [],
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput.js b/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput.js
index 87dae0aff7da..9e2693f2d333 100644
--- a/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput.js
+++ b/src/components/TextInput/BaseTextInput.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import themeColors from '../../styles/themes/default';
 import styles from '../../styles/styles';
 import Icon from '../Icon';
 import * as Expensicons from '../Icon/Expensicons';
+import InlineErrorText from '../InlineErrorText';
 import Text from '../Text';
 import * as styleConst from './styleConst';
 import * as StyleUtils from '../../styles/StyleUtils';
@@ -187,8 +188,6 @@ class BaseTextInput extends Component {
         // eslint-disable-next-line react/forbid-foreign-prop-types
         const inputProps = _.omit(this.props, _.keys(baseTextInputPropTypes.propTypes));
         const hasLabel = Boolean(this.props.label.length);
-        const inputHelpText = this.props.errorText || this.props.hint;
-        const formHelpStyles = this.props.errorText ? styles.formError : styles.formHelp;
         const placeholder = (this.props.prefixCharacter || this.state.isFocused || !hasLabel || (hasLabel && this.props.forceActiveLabel)) ? this.props.placeholder : null;
         const textInputContainerStyles = _.reduce([
             styles.textInputContainer,
@@ -287,27 +286,9 @@ class BaseTextInput extends Component {
                             </View>
                         </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
                     </View>
-                    {(!_.isEmpty(inputHelpText) || !_.isNull(this.props.maxLength)) && (
-                        <View
-                            style={[
-                                styles.mt1,
-                                styles.flexRow,
-                                styles.justifyContentBetween,
-                                styles.ph3,
-                            ]}
-                        >
-                            {!_.isEmpty(inputHelpText) && (
-                                <Text style={[formHelpStyles]}>{inputHelpText}</Text>
-                            )}
-                            {!_.isNull(this.props.maxLength) && (
-                                <Text style={[formHelpStyles, styles.flex1, styles.textAlignRight]}>
-                                    {this.state.value.length}
-                                    /
-                                    {this.props.maxLength}
-                                </Text>
-                            )}
-                        </View>
-                    )}
+                    <InlineErrorText styles={[styles.ph3]}>
+                        {this.props.errorText}
+                    </InlineErrorText>
                 </View>
                 {/*
                     Text input component doesn't support auto grow by default.