summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Lib/dbm
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/dbm')
-rw-r--r--Lib/dbm/__init__.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
index 6831a84..f65da52 100644
--- a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ def open(file, flag='r', mode=0o666):
# file doesn't exist and the new flag was used so use default type
mod = _defaultmod
else:
- raise error[0]("need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db")
+ raise error[0]("db file doesn't exist; "
+ "use 'c' or 'n' flag to create a new db")
elif result == "":
# db type cannot be determined
raise error[0]("db type could not be determined")