diff --git a/java/util/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/util/JsonFormat.java b/java/util/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/util/JsonFormat.java
index 838700f7..7d6718b8 100644
--- a/java/util/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/util/JsonFormat.java
+++ b/java/util/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/util/JsonFormat.java
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ public class JsonFormat {
         BigDecimal value = new BigDecimal(json.getAsString());
         return value.longValueExact();
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        throw new InvalidProtocolBufferException("Not an int32 value: " + json);
+        throw new InvalidProtocolBufferException("Not an int64 value: " + json);
       }
     }