diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/pcorrmat/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/pcorrmat/lib/main.js
index e70d8b578790..1b0a9a292eb8 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/pcorrmat/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/pcorrmat/lib/main.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ function incrpcorrmat( out, means ) {
 			throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be a one-dimensional ndarray. Value: `%s`.', means ) );
 		}
 		if ( numel( means.shape ) !== order ) {
-			throw new Error( 'invalid argument. The number of elements (means) in the second argument must match correlation matrix dimensions. Expected: '+order+'. Actual: '+numel( means.shape )+'.' );
+			throw new Error( format( 'invalid argument. The number of elements (means) in the second argument must match correlation matrix dimensions. Expected: `%u`. Actual: `%u`.', order, numel( means.shape ) ) );
 		}
 		mu = means; // TODO: should we copy this? Otherwise, internal state could be "corrupted" due to mutation outside the accumulator
 		return accumulator2;