diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index a93b8ab..2139435 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var ndslice = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-slice' );
 var maybeBroadcastArrays = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-maybe-broadcast-arrays' );
 var nextCartesianIndex = require( '@stdlib/ndarray-base-next-cartesian-index' ).assign;
 var args2multislice = require( '@stdlib/slice-base-args2multislice' );
-var format = require( '@stdlib/string-format' );
+var format = require( '@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg' );
 
 
 // MAIN //
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function nditerInterleaveSubarrays( arrays, ndims ) {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be an array of ndarrays. Value: `%s`.', arrays ) );
 	}
 	if ( !isPositiveInteger( ndims ) ) {
-		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be a positive integer. Value: `%s`.', ndims ) );
+		throw new TypeError( format( 'null45', ndims ) );
 	}
 	// Attempt to broadcast the input ndarrays...
 	try {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ccbbe1..fe5c7d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "@stdlib/ndarray-maybe-broadcast-arrays": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/ndarray-shape": "^0.2.2",
     "@stdlib/slice-base-args2multislice": "^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",