diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 38ef89c9628..7c4f75dc6e4 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ PyLong_AsLong(PyObject *vv)
 
  overflow:
 	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-			"long int too large to convert");
+			"long int too large to convert to int");
 	return -1;
 }