diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 04145c7..f298502 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var numel = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-numel' );
 var ndslice = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-slice' );
 var Slice = require( '@stdlib/slice-ctor' );
 var args2multislice = require( '@stdlib/slice-base-args2multislice' );
-var format = require( '@stdlib/string-format' );
+var format = require( '@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg' );
 
 
 // MAIN //
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ function nditerSelectDimension( x, dim ) {
 	var i;
 
 	if ( !isndarrayLike( x ) ) {
-		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be an ndarray. Value: `%s`.', x ) );
+		throw new TypeError( format( 'null4f', x ) );
 	}
 	if ( !isInteger( dim ) ) {
-		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be an integer. Value: `%s`.', dim ) );
+		throw new TypeError( format( 'null7f', dim ) );
 	}
 	opts = {
 		'writable': false,
@@ -104,20 +104,20 @@ function nditerSelectDimension( x, dim ) {
 	if ( arguments.length > 2 ) {
 		options = arguments[ 2 ];
 		if ( !isPlainObject( options ) ) {
-			throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Options argument must be an object. Value: `%s`.', options ) );
+			throw new TypeError( format( 'null2V', options ) );
 		}
 		if ( hasOwnProp( options, 'readonly' ) ) {
 			if ( !isBoolean( options.readonly ) ) {
-				throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid option. `%s` option must be a boolean. Option: `%s`.', 'readonly', options.readonly ) );
+				throw new TypeError( format( 'null2o', 'readonly', options.readonly ) );
 			}
 			opts.writable = !options.readonly;
 			if ( opts.writable && isReadOnly( x ) ) {
-				throw new Error( format( 'invalid option. Cannot write to read-only array.' ) );
+				throw new Error( format( 'nullF4' ) );
 			}
 		}
 		if ( hasOwnProp( options, 'keepdim' ) ) {
 			if ( !isBoolean( options.keepdim ) ) {
-				throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid option. `%s` option must be a boolean. Option: `%s`.', 'keepdim', options.keepdim ) );
+				throw new TypeError( format( 'null2o', 'keepdim', options.keepdim ) );
 			}
 			opts.keepdim = options.keepdim;
 		}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function nditerSelectDimension( x, dim ) {
 	// Normalize the dimension index:
 	d = normalizeIndex( dim, ndims-1 );
 	if ( d === -1 ) {
-		throw new RangeError( format( 'invalid argument. Dimension index exceeds the number of dimensions. Number of dimensions: %d. Value: `%d`.', ndims, dim ) );
+		throw new RangeError( format( 'nullF8', ndims, dim ) );
 	}
 	// Check whether the input array is empty...
 	N = numel( shape );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec80183..1b98bb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "@stdlib/ndarray-shape": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/slice-base-args2multislice": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/slice-ctor": "^0.2.2",
-    "@stdlib/string-format": "^0.2.2",
+    "@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/symbol-iterator": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/types": "^0.4.3",
     "@stdlib/utils-define-nonenumerable-read-only-property": "^0.2.2",