diff --git a/src/vector.c b/src/vector.c
index 4bab837..1e568c8 100644
--- a/src/vector.c
+++ b/src/vector.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ vector_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		if (stringEnd == pt)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
-					 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type vector: \"%s\"", pt)));
+					 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type vector: \"%s\"", lit)));
 
 		while (vector_isspace(*stringEnd))
 			stringEnd++;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ vector_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		if (*stringEnd != '\0' && *stringEnd != ']')
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
-					 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type vector: \"%s\"", pt)));
+					 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type vector: \"%s\"", lit)));
 
 		pt = strtok(NULL, ",");
 	}
diff --git a/test/expected/input.out b/test/expected/input.out
index d2cb1c6..3925447 100644
--- a/test/expected/input.out
+++ b/test/expected/input.out
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SELECT '[1.23456]'::vector;
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT '[hello,1]'::vector;
-ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type vector: "hello"
+ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type vector: "[hello,1]"
 LINE 1: SELECT '[hello,1]'::vector;
                ^
 SELECT '[NaN,1]'::vector;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ERROR:  vector must have at least 1 dimension
 LINE 1: SELECT '[]'::vector;
                ^
 SELECT '[1,]'::vector;
-ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type vector: "]"
+ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type vector: "[1,]"
 LINE 1: SELECT '[1,]'::vector;
                ^
 SELECT '[1,2,3]'::vector(2);