diff --git a/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index fd2d2d2..8da5eaf 100644
--- a/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 exports[`lonlat errors invalid coordinates should throw error when parsing: "-999,999" 1`] = `"Invalid longitude value: -999"`;
 
-exports[`lonlat errors invalid coordinates should throw error when parsing: "0,999" 1`] = `"Invalid longitude value: 999"`;
+exports[`lonlat errors invalid coordinates should throw error when parsing: "0,999" 1`] = `"Invalid latitude value: 999"`;
 
-exports[`lonlat errors invalid coordinates should throw error when parsing: {"lng":1,"latitude":1234} 1`] = `"Invalid longitude value: 1234"`;
+exports[`lonlat errors invalid coordinates should throw error when parsing: {"lng":1,"latitude":1234} 1`] = `"Invalid latitude value: 1234"`;
 
 exports[`lonlat errors invalid coordinates should throw error when parsing: {} 1`] = `"Invalid longitude value: undefined"`;
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e6eef1a..0af6229 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function floatize (lonlat) {
     throw new Error('Invalid longitude value: ' + (lonlat.lon || lonlat.lng || lonlat.longitude))
   }
   if ((!lat || lat > 90 || lat < -90) && lat !== 0) {
-    throw new Error('Invalid longitude value: ' + (lonlat.lat || lonlat.latitude))
+    throw new Error('Invalid latitude value: ' + (lonlat.lat || lonlat.latitude))
   }
   return {lon: lon, lat: lat}
 }