SERVER-31182 Clarify parse error for invalidly typed findCmd arguments

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/db/query/query_request.cpp b/src/mongo/db/query/query_request.cpp
index ec2da22eb65..074bf7511fa 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/query/query_request.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/query/query_request.cpp
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ StatusWith<unique_ptr<QueryRequest>> QueryRequest::parseFromFindCommand(unique_p
         BSONElement el = it.next();
         const auto fieldName = el.fieldNameStringData();
         if (fieldName == kFindCommandName) {
-            // Check both String and UUID types for "find" field.
-            Status status = checkFieldType(el, String);
+            // Check both UUID and String types for "find" field.
+            Status status = checkFieldType(el, BinData);
             if (!status.isOK()) {
-                status = checkFieldType(el, BinData);
+                status = checkFieldType(el, String);
             }
             if (!status.isOK()) {
                 return status;