fix error message

bwhmather · Nov 14, 2015 · f9b9e7a · f9b9e7a
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commit f9b9e7a
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diff --git a/jpake/__init__.py b/jpake/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def pascal(s):
         """Encode a byte string as a pascal string with a big-endian header
         """
         if len(s) >= 2**16:
-            raise ValueError("cannot encode value greater than 2^16")
+            raise ValueError("cannot encode value greater than (2^8)^(2^16)")
         return len(s).to_bytes(2, 'big') + s
 
     s = b"".join((