diff --git a/luaj-core/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java b/luaj-core/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java
index 0912a3ef..da5d49e3 100644
--- a/luaj-core/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java
+++ b/luaj-core/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ abstract public class LuaValue extends Varargs {
 	 * @see #isclosure()
 	 * @see #TFUNCTION
 	 */
-	public LuaClosure checkclosure() { argerror("closure"); return null; }
+	public LuaClosure checkclosure() { argerror("function"); return null; }
 
 	/**
 	 * Check that the value is numeric and return the value as a double, or