From 1c6026ecc640b26d21bf5386872ef99de3d42c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eswar Venkata Ram Charan Seeram <seerameswar0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:46:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: correct error message in surfaceAreaCylinder method
 (#7106)

---
 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 a34ad6b01..1eba6666d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Area.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class Area {
             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);
     }