diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index a624921baa522..c20535f4ddeb5 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/parser/mysql"
 	"github.com/pingcap/parser/terror"
 	pumpcli "github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/tidb-binlog/pump_client"
-	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/util"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/infoschema"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
@@ -102,20 +101,19 @@ var (
 	errUnsupportedShardRowIDBits = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeUnsupportedShardRowIDBits, "unsupported shard_row_id_bits for table with primary key as row id.")
 	errBlobKeyWithoutLength      = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeBlobKeyWithoutLength, "BLOB/TEXT column '%-.192s' used in key specification without a key length")
 	errIncorrectPrefixKey        = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeIncorrectPrefixKey, "Incorrect prefix key; the used key part isn't a string, the used length is longer than the key part, or the storage engine doesn't support unique prefix keys")
-	errTooLongKey                = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeTooLongKey,
-		fmt.Sprintf("Specified key was too long; max key length is %d bytes", config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength))
-	errKeyColumnDoesNotExits    = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeKeyColumnDoesNotExits, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrKeyColumnDoesNotExits])
-	errUnknownTypeLength        = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeUnknownTypeLength, "Unknown length for type tp %d")
-	errUnknownFractionLength    = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeUnknownFractionLength, "Unknown Length for type tp %d and fraction %d")
-	errInvalidJobVersion        = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidJobVersion, "DDL job with version %d greater than current %d")
-	errFileNotFound             = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeFileNotFound, "Can't find file: './%s/%s.frm'")
-	errErrorOnRename            = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeErrorOnRename, "Error on rename of './%s/%s' to './%s/%s'")
-	errInvalidUseOfNull         = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidUseOfNull, "Invalid use of NULL value")
-	errTooManyFields            = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeTooManyFields, "Too many columns")
-	errInvalidSplitRegionRanges = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidRanges, "Failed to split region ranges")
-	errReorgPanic               = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeReorgWorkerPanic, "reorg worker panic.")
-	errFkColumnCannotDrop       = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrFkColumnCannotDrop, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrFkColumnCannotDrop])
-	errFKIncompatibleColumns    = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrFKIncompatibleColumns, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrFKIncompatibleColumns])
+	errTooLongKey                = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeTooLongKey, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrTooLongKey])
+	errKeyColumnDoesNotExits     = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeKeyColumnDoesNotExits, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrKeyColumnDoesNotExits])
+	errUnknownTypeLength         = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeUnknownTypeLength, "Unknown length for type tp %d")
+	errUnknownFractionLength     = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeUnknownFractionLength, "Unknown Length for type tp %d and fraction %d")
+	errInvalidJobVersion         = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidJobVersion, "DDL job with version %d greater than current %d")
+	errFileNotFound              = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeFileNotFound, "Can't find file: './%s/%s.frm'")
+	errErrorOnRename             = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeErrorOnRename, "Error on rename of './%s/%s' to './%s/%s'")
+	errInvalidUseOfNull          = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidUseOfNull, "Invalid use of NULL value")
+	errTooManyFields             = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeTooManyFields, "Too many columns")
+	errInvalidSplitRegionRanges  = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidRanges, "Failed to split region ranges")
+	errReorgPanic                = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeReorgWorkerPanic, "reorg worker panic.")
+	errFkColumnCannotDrop        = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrFkColumnCannotDrop, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrFkColumnCannotDrop])
+	errFKIncompatibleColumns     = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrFKIncompatibleColumns, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrFKIncompatibleColumns])
 
 	errOnlyOnRangeListPartition = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeOnlyOnRangeListPartition, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrOnlyOnRangeListPartition])
 	// errWrongKeyColumn is for table column cannot be indexed.
diff --git a/ddl/index.go b/ddl/index.go
index 776cce35027ba..634c9ba79d2c8 100755
--- a/ddl/index.go
+++ b/ddl/index.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func buildIndexColumns(columns []*model.ColumnInfo, idxColNames []*ast.IndexColN
 
 		// The sum of all lengths must be shorter than the max length for prefix.
 		if sumLength > config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength {
-			return nil, errors.Trace(errTooLongKey)
+			return nil, errTooLongKey.GenWithStackByArgs(config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength)
 		}
 
 		idxColumns = append(idxColumns, &model.IndexColumn{
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func checkIndexPrefixLength(columns []*model.ColumnInfo, idxColumns []*model.Ind
 		sumLength += indexColumnLength
 		// The sum of all lengths must be shorter than the max length for prefix.
 		if sumLength > config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength {
-			return errors.Trace(errTooLongKey)
+			return errTooLongKey.GenWithStackByArgs(config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func checkIndexColumn(col *model.ColumnInfo, ic *ast.IndexColName) error {
 
 	// Specified length must be shorter than the max length for prefix.
 	if ic.Length > config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength {
-		return errors.Trace(errTooLongKey)
+		return errTooLongKey.GenWithStackByArgs(config.GetGlobalConfig().MaxIndexLength)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/ddl/serial_test.go b/ddl/serial_test.go
index e12867a296c9c..e4c59eeb7f955 100644
--- a/ddl/serial_test.go
+++ b/ddl/serial_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ func (s *testSerialSuite) TestChangeMaxIndexLength(c *C) {
 
 	tk.MustExec("create table t (c1 varchar(3073), index(c1)) charset = ascii;")
 	tk.MustExec(fmt.Sprintf("create table t1 (c1 varchar(%d), index(c1)) charset = ascii;", config.DefMaxOfMaxIndexLength))
-	tk.MustGetErrCode(fmt.Sprintf("create table t2 (c1 varchar(%d), index(c1)) charset = ascii;", config.DefMaxOfMaxIndexLength+1), mysql.ErrTooLongKey)
+	_, err := tk.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("create table t2 (c1 varchar(%d), index(c1)) charset = ascii;", config.DefMaxOfMaxIndexLength+1))
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "[ddl:1071]Specified key was too long; max key length is 12288 bytes")
 	tk.MustExec("drop table t, t1")
 }