From f690195301bfe6c60e51886109a0e732c20d13a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Huber <ehuber@uoguelph.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:33:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Updated surface area calculation error

---
 src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
index 84fc67159379..17411bb1d5a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ public static double surfaceAreaSphere(final double radius) {
      */
     public static double surfaceAreaPyramid(final double sideLength, final double slantHeight) {
         if (sideLength <= 0) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must be a positive sideLength");
         }
         if (slantHeight <= 0) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("slant height must be greater than 0");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must be a positive slantHeight");
         }
         double baseArea = sideLength * sideLength;
         double lateralSurfaceArea = 2 * sideLength * slantHeight;