diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index 4e4e9521d..c987f31f2 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -98,14 +98,18 @@ end
 function _add_errorbar_kw(kw_list::Vector{KW}, kw::AKW)
     # handle error bars by creating new recipedata data... these will have
     # the same recipedata index as the recipedata they are copied from
-    for esym in (:xerror, :yerror, :zerror)
-        if get(kw, esym, nothing) !== nothing
-            # we make a copy of the KW and apply an errorbar recipe
-            errkw = copy(kw)
-            errkw[:seriestype] = esym
-            errkw[:label] = ""
-            errkw[:primary] = false
-            push!(kw_list, errkw)
+    st = get(kw, :seriestype, :none)
+    errors = (:xerror, :yerror, :zerror)
+    if st ∉ errors
+        for esym in errors
+            if get(kw, esym, nothing) !== nothing
+                # we make a copy of the KW and apply an errorbar recipe
+                errkw = copy(kw)
+                errkw[:seriestype] = esym
+                errkw[:label] = ""
+                errkw[:primary] = false
+                push!(kw_list, errkw)
+            end
         end
     end
 end
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ RecipesPipeline.get_axis_limits(plt::Plot, letter) = axis_limits(plt[1], letter,
 
 ## Plot recipes
 
-RecipesPipeline.type_alias(plt::Plot) = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
+RecipesPipeline.type_alias(plt::Plot, st) = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
 
 ## Plot setup
 
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ function RecipesPipeline.process_sliced_series_attributes!(plt::Plots.Plot, kw_l
     err_inds =
         findall(kw -> get(kw, :seriestype, :path) in (:xerror, :yerror, :zerror), kw_list)
     for ind in err_inds
-        if get(kw_list[ind - 1], :seriestype, :path) === :scatter
+        if ind > 1 && get(kw_list[ind - 1], :seriestype, :path) === :scatter
             tmp = copy(kw_list[ind])
             kw_list[ind] = copy(kw_list[ind - 1])
             kw_list[ind - 1] = tmp
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 59f98e8c2..c4248a76f 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ end
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Error Bars
 
-function error_style!(plotattributes::AKW)
+@attributes function error_style!(plotattributes::AKW)
     # errorbar color should soley determined by markerstrokecolor
     if haskey(plotattributes, :marker_z)
         reset_kw!(plotattributes, :marker_z)
@@ -1156,12 +1156,12 @@ function error_style!(plotattributes::AKW)
         msc
     end
 
-    plotattributes[:seriestype] = :path
-    plotattributes[:markerstrokecolor] = msc
-    plotattributes[:markercolor] = msc
-    plotattributes[:linecolor] = msc
-    plotattributes[:linewidth] = plotattributes[:markerstrokewidth]
-    plotattributes[:label] = ""
+    seriestype := :path
+    markerstrokecolor --> msc
+    markercolor --> msc
+    linecolor --> msc
+    linewidth --> plotattributes[:markerstrokewidth]
+    label --> ""
 end
 
 # if we're passed a tuple of vectors, convert to a vector of tuples
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ clamp_to_eps!(ary) = (replace!(x -> x <= 0.0 ? Base.eps(Float64) : x, ary); noth
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:xerror}}, x, y, z)
     error_style!(plotattributes)
-    markershape := :vline
+    markershape --> :vline
     xerr = error_zipit(plotattributes[:xerror])
     if z === nothing
         plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y] = error_coords(xerr, x, y)
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ end
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:yerror}}, x, y, z)
     error_style!(plotattributes)
-    markershape := :hline
+    markershape --> :hline
     yerr = error_zipit(plotattributes[:yerror])
     if z === nothing
         plotattributes[:y], plotattributes[:x] = error_coords(yerr, y, x)
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ end
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:zerror}}, x, y, z)
     error_style!(plotattributes)
-    markershape := :hline
+    markershape --> :hline
     if z !== nothing
         zerr = error_zipit(plotattributes[:zerror])
         plotattributes[:z], plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y] =
diff --git a/src/shorthands.jl b/src/shorthands.jl
index 83bb49a74..2ef0b1143 100644
--- a/src/shorthands.jl
+++ b/src/shorthands.jl
@@ -487,6 +487,16 @@ for letter in ("x", "y", "z")
         $(Symbol(letter, :grid!))(plt::PlotOrSubplot, args...; kw...) =
             plot!(plt; $(Symbol(letter, :grid)) = args, kw...)
         export $(Symbol(letter, :grid!))
+
+        """
+            $($letter)error(x, y [, z]; $($letter)error = vals)
+            $($letter)error!(x, y [, z]; $($letter)error = vals)
+
+        Create or add a series of $($letter)errorbars at the positions defined by `x`, `y` and `z` with the lenghts defined in `vals`.
+
+        Markerstrokecolor will color the whole errorbars if not specified otherwise.
+        """
+        @shorthands $(Symbol(letter, :error))
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/test_recipes.jl b/test/test_recipes.jl
index 356e02af1..7c03e29c2 100644
--- a/test/test_recipes.jl
+++ b/test/test_recipes.jl
@@ -65,3 +65,16 @@ end
     @test Plots.seriestype_supported(Plots.UnicodePlotsBackend(), :hspan) === :recipe
     @test Plots.seriestype_supported(Plots.NoBackend(), :line) === :no
 end
+
+@testset "error bars" begin
+    x = y = 1:10
+    yerror = fill(1, length(y))
+    xerror = fill(0.2, length(x))
+    p = Plots.xerror(x, y; xerror, linestyle = :solid)
+    plot!(p, x, y; linestyle = :dash)
+    yerror!(p, x, y; yerror, linestyle = :dot)
+    @test length(p.series_list) == 3
+    @test p[1][1][:linestyle] == :solid
+    @test p[1][2][:linestyle] == :dash
+    @test p[1][3][:linestyle] == :dot
+end