1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bignum.c b/bignum.c
index 9c289f7a8e..65e82d4e0f 100644
--- a/bignum.c
+++ b/bignum.c
@@ -3108,9 +3108,9 @@ static inline VALUE
 bit_coerce(VALUE x)
 {
     while (!FIXNUM_P(x) && TYPE(x) != T_BIGNUM) {
-	if (TYPE(x) == T_FLOAT) {
-	    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "can't convert Float into Integer");
-	}
+	rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
+		 "can't convert %s into Integer for bitwise arithmetic",
+		 rb_obj_classname(x));
 	x = rb_to_int(x);
     }
     return x;