diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 75a3461a9919f7..6dc9f80c35892b 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -9316,7 +9316,7 @@ wrap_buffer(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, void *wrapped)
     }
     if (flags > INT_MAX || flags < INT_MIN) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-                        "buffer flags too large");
+                        "buffer flags out of range");
         return NULL;
     }