diff --git a/test/testcrypt.py b/test/testcrypt.py
index 42da9d89..ab1e485d 100644
--- a/test/testcrypt.py
+++ b/test/testcrypt.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def make_retval(rettype, word, unpack_strings):
         assert word == b"true" or word == b"false"
         return word == b"true"
     raise TypeError("Can't deal with return value {!r} of type {!r}"
-                    .format(rettype, word))
+                    .format(word, rettype))
 
 def make_retvals(rettypes, retwords, unpack_strings=True):
     assert len(rettypes) == len(retwords) # FIXME: better exception