diff --git a/jsoncfg/config_classes.py b/jsoncfg/config_classes.py
index 2a157e2..e62f2a8 100644
--- a/jsoncfg/config_classes.py
+++ b/jsoncfg/config_classes.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, item):
         if isinstance(item, numbers.Integral):
             raise JSONConfigNodeTypeError(
                 self,
-                ConfigJSONObject,
+                ConfigJSONArray,
                 'You are trying to index into an object as if it was an array. index=%s' % (item,)
             )
         if not isinstance(item, my_basestring):