diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ProxyRelationshipSelectionCriteria.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ProxyRelationshipSelectionCriteria.java
index d0d4f7d06..4f7389944 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ProxyRelationshipSelectionCriteria.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ProxyRelationshipSelectionCriteria.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class ProxyRelationshipSelectionCriteria {
 
 		if (pageIndex <= 0) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("pageIndex must be a "
-					+ "non-negative integer, not " + pageIndex);
+					+ "positive integer, not " + pageIndex);
 		}
 		this.pageIndex = pageIndex;