diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Names.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Names.hs
index a533204ff..6c5faa2fa 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Names.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Names.hs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ mapAvailability NameStatusResp {nsStatus, nsExpires, nsGraceEnds, nsAuctionEnds,
     "expired" -> Right NAVailable
     "grace" -> Right $ maybe lapsed NAInGrace nsGraceEnds
     "auction" -> Right $ fromMaybe lapsed (NAAuction <$> nsPremium <*> nsAuctionEnds)
-    "reserved" -> Right $ NAReserved (maybe NRUnspecified mapReason nsReasonCode)
+    "reserved" -> Right $ NAReserved (maybe NRUnknown mapReason nsReasonCode)
     "registered" -> Right $ NATaken nsExpires
     -- registered, but its records point nowhere
     "noResolver" -> Right $ NATaken nsExpires
diff --git a/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs b/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs
index 7ac3a0a18..2498bda45 100644
--- a/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs
+++ b/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ availabilitySpec = do
       (NAAuction "99999952316384526016153087" 1798191621)
   it "a reserved name says why it is held back" $
     answers status404 "{\"error\":\"reserved\",\"reasonCode\":\"trademark\"}" (NAReserved NRTrademark)
+  -- an older resolver sends no reasonCode; that is not the chain saying "none"
   it "a reserved name with no reasonCode at all is still reserved" $
-    answers status404 "{\"error\":\"reserved\"}" (NAReserved NRUnspecified)
+    answers status404 "{\"error\":\"reserved\"}" (NAReserved NRUnknown)
   -- a later version may name reasons this one cannot; the reservation must
   -- survive that, or a client would offer a name it cannot register
   it "a reason from a later version still reads as reserved" $