1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 71e4539d07..7d373e4083 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -1024,8 +1024,8 @@ static void
 check_uint(num)
     unsigned long num;
 {
-    if (num > INT_MAX) {
-	rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "integer %lu too big to convert to `int'", num);
+    if (num > UINT_MAX) {
+	rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "integer %lu too big to convert to `unsigned int'", num);
     }
 }