diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index 16f757feca3342..84c36fa1f3f9c0 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ array_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         }
     }
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");
+        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f, d or w)");
     return NULL;
 }