diff --git a/moderation.go b/moderation.go
index a58d759c0..a32f123f3 100644
--- a/moderation.go
+++ b/moderation.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package openai
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -15,9 +16,19 @@ import (
 const (
 	ModerationTextStable = "text-moderation-stable"
 	ModerationTextLatest = "text-moderation-latest"
-	ModerationText001    = "text-moderation-001"
+	// Deprecated: use ModerationTextStable and ModerationTextLatest instead.
+	ModerationText001 = "text-moderation-001"
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrModerationInvalidModel = errors.New("this model is not supported with moderation, please use text-moderation-stable or text-moderation-latest instead") //nolint:lll
+)
+
+var validModerationModel = map[string]struct{}{
+	ModerationTextStable: {},
+	ModerationTextLatest: {},
+}
+
 // ModerationRequest represents a request structure for moderation API.
 type ModerationRequest struct {
 	Input string `json:"input,omitempty"`
@@ -63,6 +74,10 @@ type ModerationResponse struct {
 // Moderations — perform a moderation api call over a string.
 // Input can be an array or slice but a string will reduce the complexity.
 func (c *Client) Moderations(ctx context.Context, request ModerationRequest) (response ModerationResponse, err error) {
+	if _, ok := validModerationModel[request.Model]; len(request.Model) > 0 && !ok {
+		err = ErrModerationInvalidModel
+		return
+	}
 	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, c.fullURL("/moderations", request.Model), withBody(&request))
 	if err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/moderation_test.go b/moderation_test.go
index 4e756137e..68f9565e1 100644
--- a/moderation_test.go
+++ b/moderation_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,41 @@ func TestModerations(t *testing.T) {
 	checks.NoError(t, err, "Moderation error")
 }
 
+// TestModerationsWithIncorrectModel Tests passing valid and invalid models to moderations endpoint.
+func TestModerationsWithDifferentModelOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	var modelOptions []struct {
+		model  string
+		expect error
+	}
+	modelOptions = append(modelOptions,
+		getModerationModelTestOption(GPT3Dot5Turbo, ErrModerationInvalidModel),
+		getModerationModelTestOption(ModerationTextStable, nil),
+		getModerationModelTestOption(ModerationTextLatest, nil),
+		getModerationModelTestOption("", nil),
+	)
+	client, server, teardown := setupOpenAITestServer()
+	defer teardown()
+	server.RegisterHandler("/v1/moderations", handleModerationEndpoint)
+	for _, modelTest := range modelOptions {
+		_, err := client.Moderations(context.Background(), ModerationRequest{
+			Model: modelTest.model,
+			Input: "I want to kill them.",
+		})
+		checks.ErrorIs(t, err, modelTest.expect,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Moderations(..) expects err: %v, actual err:%v", modelTest.expect, err))
+	}
+}
+
+func getModerationModelTestOption(model string, expect error) struct {
+	model  string
+	expect error
+} {
+	return struct {
+		model  string
+		expect error
+	}{model: model, expect: expect}
+}
+
 // handleModerationEndpoint Handles the moderation endpoint by the test server.
 func handleModerationEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var err error