From d4ff437cd29ab814d90ac1e267422e95fb86410e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eswarseeram <seerameswar0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:17:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: correct error message in surfaceAreaCylinder method

---
 src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
index 7a06fd5e5fa0..a610e4e03f26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public static double surfaceAreaCylinder(final double radius, final double heigh
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(POSITIVE_RADIUS);
         }
         if (height <= 0) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(POSITIVE_RADIUS);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(POSITIVE_HEIGHT);
         }
         return 2 * (Math.PI * radius * radius + Math.PI * radius * height);
     }