diff --git a/src/createClient.ts b/src/createClient.ts
index 474dbd17..d33a6f98 100644
--- a/src/createClient.ts
+++ b/src/createClient.ts
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ export class Client<TDocuments extends PrismicDocument = PrismicDocument> {
 			return firstResult;
 		}
 
-		throw new PrismicError("No documents were returned", url, undefined);
+		throw new NotFoundError("No documents were returned", url, undefined);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/test/client-getFirst.test.ts b/test/client-getFirst.test.ts
index 41045ca9..7e4eae02 100644
--- a/test/client-getFirst.test.ts
+++ b/test/client-getFirst.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ it("throws if no documents were returned", async (ctx) => {
 		/no documents were returned/i,
 	);
 	await expect(() => client.getFirst()).rejects.toThrowError(
-		prismic.PrismicError,
+		prismic.NotFoundError,
 	);
 });