diff --git a/pgtype/array.go b/pgtype/array.go
index 5ef613cb..06b824ad 100644
--- a/pgtype/array.go
+++ b/pgtype/array.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func parseUntypedTextArray(src string) (*untypedTextArray, error) {
 	}
 
 	if r != '{' {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid array, expected '{': %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid array, expected '{' got %v", r)
 	}
 
 	implicitDimensions := []ArrayDimension{{LowerBound: 1, Length: 0}}
diff --git a/pgtype/multirange.go b/pgtype/multirange.go
index ff2aa4ff..e5763788 100644
--- a/pgtype/multirange.go
+++ b/pgtype/multirange.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func parseUntypedTextMultirange(src []byte) ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if r != '{' {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid multirange, expected '{': %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid multirange, expected '{' got %v", r)
 	}
 
 parseValueLoop: