diff --git a/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx b/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
index 5f51f48b43ca9..ed8ec38b56a86 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ cdef class TextReader:
             missing_usecols = [col for col in self.usecols if col >= num_cols]
             if missing_usecols:
                 raise ParserError(
-                    "Defining usecols without of bounds indices is not allowed. "
+                    "Defining usecols with out-of-bounds indices is not allowed. "
                     f"{missing_usecols} are out of bounds.",
                 )
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py b/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
index 43fb4ec3b55fc..fae3293414b02 100644
--- a/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@ def _handle_usecols(
                 ]
                 if missing_usecols:
                     raise ParserError(
-                        "Defining usecols without of bounds indices is not allowed. "
-                        f"{missing_usecols} are out of bounds.",
+                        "Defining usecols with out-of-bounds indices is not allowed. "
+                        f"{missing_usecols} are out-of-bounds.",
                     )
                 col_indices = self.usecols
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/usecols/test_usecols_basic.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/usecols/test_usecols_basic.py
index e1ae2e8f3655c..2388d9da3f5b5 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/usecols/test_usecols_basic.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/usecols/test_usecols_basic.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def test_usecols_indices_out_of_bounds(all_parsers, names):
 a,b
 1,2
     """
-    with pytest.raises(ParserError, match="Defining usecols without of bounds"):
+    with pytest.raises(ParserError, match="Defining usecols with out-of-bounds"):
         parser.read_csv(StringIO(data), usecols=[0, 2], names=names, header=0)