diff --git a/httprunner/response.py b/httprunner/response.py
index 730a7bf5..f5f4cdd4 100644
--- a/httprunner/response.py
+++ b/httprunner/response.py
@@ -56,11 +56,10 @@ def uniform_validator(validator):
         validator (dict): validator maybe in two formats:
 
             format1: this is kept for compatibility with the previous versions.
-                {"check": "status_code", "comparator": "eq", "expect": 201}
-                {"check": "$resp_body_success", "comparator": "eq", "expect": True}
-            format2: recommended new version, {assert: [check_item, expected_value]}
-                {'eq': ['status_code', 201]}
-                {'eq': ['$resp_body_success', True]}
+                {"check": "status_code", "comparator": "eq", "expect": 201, "message": "test"}
+                {"check": "status_code", "assert": "eq", "expect": 201, "msg": "test"}
+            format2: recommended new version, {assert: [check_item, expected_value, msg]}
+                {'eq': ['status_code', 201, "test"]}
 
     Returns
         dict: validator info
@@ -68,7 +67,8 @@ def uniform_validator(validator):
             {
                 "check": "status_code",
                 "expect": 201,
-                "assert": "equals"
+                "assert": "equal",
+                "message": "test
             }
 
     """
@@ -79,8 +79,16 @@ def uniform_validator(validator):
         # format1
         check_item = validator["check"]
         expect_value = validator["expect"]
-        message = validator.get("message", "")
-        comparator = validator.get("comparator", "eq")
+
+        if "assert" in validator:
+            comparator = validator.get("assert")
+        else:
+            comparator = validator.get("comparator", "eq")
+
+        if "msg" in validator:
+            message = validator.get("msg")
+        else:
+            message = validator.get("message", "")
 
     elif len(validator) == 1:
         # format2
diff --git a/httprunner/response_test.py b/httprunner/response_test.py
index 7ab7a6fb..c26ddb3d 100644
--- a/httprunner/response_test.py
+++ b/httprunner/response_test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import unittest
 import requests
 
 from httprunner.parser import Parser
-from httprunner.response import ResponseObject
+from httprunner.response import ResponseObject, uniform_validator
 
 
 class TestResponse(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -67,3 +67,23 @@ class TestResponse(unittest.TestCase):
             ],
             variables_mapping=variables_mapping,
         )
+
+    def test_uniform_validator(self):
+        validators = [
+            {
+                "check": "status_code",
+                "comparator": "eq",
+                "expect": 201,
+                "message": "test",
+            },
+            {"check": "status_code", "assert": "eq", "expect": 201, "msg": "test"},
+            {"eq": ["status_code", 201, "test"]},
+        ]
+        expected = {
+            "check": "status_code",
+            "assert": "equal",
+            "expect": 201,
+            "message": "test",
+        }
+        for validator in validators:
+            self.assertEqual(uniform_validator(validator), expected)