From a66d88ea2c6aeac6df052d11b9eb39cf8dc6a235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Schmideg <adam@schmideg.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 10:38:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve wording of error message

---
 cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go | 2 +-
 crypto/crypto.go            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go
index b3b9cb91a8..dd40346728 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/accountcmd_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestAccountImportTooShort(t *testing.T) {
 	geth := runGeth(t, "account", "import", keyfile)
 	defer geth.ExpectExit()
 	geth.Expect(`
-Fatal: Failed to load the private key: expected 64 hexa characters, got 40
+Fatal: Failed to load the private key: expected 64 bytes, got 40
 `)
 }
 
diff --git a/crypto/crypto.go b/crypto/crypto.go
index 1d0501709f..de5b9b0712 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func LoadECDSA(file string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
 	}
 	size := stat.Size()
 	if size != 64 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected 64 hexa characters, got %v", size)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected 64 bytes, got %v", size)
 	}
 	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {