1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
index f95add9f7..4203a3db3 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> EC2OSP(const PointGFp& point, byte format)
       }
    else
       {
-      throw Format_Error("illegal point encoding format specification");
+      throw Invalid_Argument("illegal point encoding format specification");
       }
    return result;
    }
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ PointGFp OS2ECP(MemoryRegion<byte> const& os, const CurveGFp& curve)
             }
          break;
       default:
-         throw Format_Error("encountered illegal format specification while decoding point");
+         throw Invalid_Argument("encountered illegal format specification while decoding point");
       }
    z = GFpElement(curve.get_p(), BigInt(1));
    //assert((x.is_trf_to_mres() && x.is_use_montgm()) || !x.is_trf_to_mres());