diff --git a/Python/exceptions.c b/Python/exceptions.c
index 6d6291c..a95817c 100644
--- a/Python/exceptions.c
+++ b/Python/exceptions.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 	/* Watch out for being called to early in the bootstrapping process */
 	if (PyExc_TypeError) {
 	    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-	     "unbound method must be called with class instance 1st argument");
+	     "unbound method must be called with instance as first argument");
 	}
         return NULL;
     }