diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 82787c7..06e89e4 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var isFunction = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-function' );
 var isIteratorLike = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-iterator-like' );
 var iteratorSymbol = require( '@stdlib/symbol-iterator' );
 var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-to-array' );
-var format = require( '@stdlib/string-format' );
+var format = require( '@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg' );
 
 
 // MAIN //
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function nditer2arrayEach( iterator ) {
 	var FLG;
 
 	if ( !isIteratorLike( iterator ) ) {
-		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be an iterator protocol-compliant object. Value: `%s`.', iterator ) );
+		throw new TypeError( format( '1jz46', iterator ) );
 	}
 
 	// Create an iterator protocol-compliant object:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 901895d..32c26af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@stdlib/assert-is-function": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/assert-is-iterator-like": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/ndarray-to-array": "^0.2.1",
-    "@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",