From 9c90e255e02b493de6c792fc1fb92a44e202ebd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:14:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #25326:  Improve an obscure error message.

---
 Objects/abstract.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 6e289eff6e..ad7889e15e 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ PyObject_AsCharBuffer(PyObject *obj,
          pb->bf_getcharbuffer == NULL ||
          pb->bf_getsegcount == NULL) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-                        "expected a character buffer object");
+                        "expected a string or other character buffer object");
         return -1;
     }
     if ((*pb->bf_getsegcount)(obj,NULL) != 1) {
-- 
2.50.1