How to disable the jquery validator 1.13.1 to create new html for error message and use the existing one <p>I am working with jQuery Validator 1.13.1 and I have recently upgraded from JQuery Validator 1.9.0. Now the issue is I was using predefined html for displaying my error messages instead of making jquery validator to create a new html for error message for example:</p> <p>Using jQuery Validator 1.9.0</p> <pre><code>&lt;span for='first_name' class='error' generated='true'&gt;&lt;/span&gt; jQuery(".form-cls").validate({ errorElement: "span", errorClass: "error", , </code></pre> <p>and it was working fine.</p> <p>and now in jQuery Validator 1.13.0</p> <pre><code>&lt;span id="first_name-error" class="error"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; jQuery(".form-cls").validate({ errorElement: "span", errorClass: "error", errorPlacement: function(error, element) { if(element[0]) { jQuery('#'+element[0].id+'-error').replaceWith(error); } </code></pre> <p>Now the jquery validator is using the existing error to display error as well as it creates a new one. Kindly suggest me how can I disable jquery validator to create a new for error message and use the existing one. I dont want to use errorPlacement thing :( },</p>