diff --git a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/custom_extractor.rs b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/custom_extractor.rs
index d9093bc4..4351384b 100644
--- a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/custom_extractor.rs
+++ b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/custom_extractor.rs
@@ -51,18 +51,12 @@ where
             // convert the error from `axum::Json` into whatever we want
             Err(rejection) => {
                 let payload = json!({
-                    "message": rejection.to_string(),
+                    "message": rejection.body_text(),
                     "origin": "custom_extractor",
                     "path": path,
                 });
 
-                let code = match rejection {
-                    JsonRejection::JsonDataError(_) => StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-                    JsonRejection::JsonSyntaxError(_) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
-                    JsonRejection::MissingJsonContentType(_) => StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
-                    _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                };
-                Err((code, axum::Json(payload)))
+                Err((rejection.status(), axum::Json(payload)))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/derive_from_request.rs b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/derive_from_request.rs
index 762d602e..b8f7be90 100644
--- a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/derive_from_request.rs
+++ b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/derive_from_request.rs
@@ -27,22 +27,16 @@ pub struct Json<T>(T);
 // We create our own rejection type
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ApiError {
-    code: StatusCode,
+    status: StatusCode,
     message: String,
 }
 
 // We implement `From<JsonRejection> for ApiError`
 impl From<JsonRejection> for ApiError {
     fn from(rejection: JsonRejection) -> Self {
-        let code = match rejection {
-            JsonRejection::JsonDataError(_) => StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-            JsonRejection::JsonSyntaxError(_) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
-            JsonRejection::MissingJsonContentType(_) => StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
-            _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-        };
         Self {
-            code,
-            message: rejection.to_string(),
+            status: rejection.status(),
+            message: rejection.body_text(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -55,6 +49,6 @@ impl IntoResponse for ApiError {
             "origin": "derive_from_request"
         });
 
-        (self.code, axum::Json(payload)).into_response()
+        (self.status, axum::Json(payload)).into_response()
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/with_rejection.rs b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/with_rejection.rs
index c7a98178..1916c369 100644
--- a/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/with_rejection.rs
+++ b/examples/customize-extractor-error/src/with_rejection.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! [`thiserror`]: https://crates.io/crates/thiserror
 //! [#1116]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/issues/1116#issuecomment-1186197684
 
-use axum::{extract::rejection::JsonRejection, http::StatusCode, response::IntoResponse, Json};
+use axum::{extract::rejection::JsonRejection, response::IntoResponse, Json};
 use axum_extra::extract::WithRejection;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@ pub enum ApiError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     JsonExtractorRejection(#[from] JsonRejection),
 }
+
 // We implement `IntoResponse` so ApiError can be used as a response
 impl IntoResponse for ApiError {
     fn into_response(self) -> axum::response::Response {
+        let (status, message) = match self {
+            ApiError::JsonExtractorRejection(json_rejection) => {
+                (json_rejection.status(), json_rejection.body_text())
+            }
+        };
+
         let payload = json!({
-            "message": self.to_string(),
+            "message": message,
             "origin": "with_rejection"
         });
-        let code = match self {
-            ApiError::JsonExtractorRejection(x) => match x {
-                JsonRejection::JsonDataError(_) => StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
-                JsonRejection::JsonSyntaxError(_) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
-                JsonRejection::MissingJsonContentType(_) => StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
-                _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-            },
-        };
-        (code, Json(payload)).into_response()
+
+        (status, Json(payload)).into_response()
     }
 }