explodingbarrel
diff --git a/‎lib/querystring.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 6 deletions b/‎lib/querystring.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 6 deletions
diff --git a/‎test/stringify.test.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎test/stringify.test.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ exports.parse = function(str){
 var stringify = exports.stringify = function(obj, prefix) {
   var ret = [];
   if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-    if (typeof prefix === 'undefined' ) {
-      throw new Error("Value must be a hash");
-    }
+    if (!prefix) throw new TypeError('stringify expects an object');
     for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
       ret.push( stringify(obj[i], prefix + '[]') );
     }
@@ -109,9 +107,7 @@ var stringify = exports.stringify = function(obj, prefix) {
     }
     return ret.join("&");
   } else if ('string' == typeof obj) {
-    if (typeof prefix === 'undefined') {
-      throw new Error("Value must be a hash");
-    }
+    if (!prefix) throw new TypeError('stringify expects an object');
     return prefix + '=' + encodeURIComponent(obj);
   } else {
     return prefix;
 
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ var qs = require('../')
       {query_string: 'user[name][first]=tj&user[name][last]=holowaychuk', parsed: { user: { name: { first: 'tj', last: 'holowaychuk' }}}}
     ],
     'errors': [
-      {parsed: 'foo=bar',     message: 'Value must be a hash'},
-      {parsed: ['foo','bar'], message: 'Value must be a hash'}
+      { parsed: 'foo=bar',     message: 'stringify expects an object' },
+      { parsed: ['foo', 'bar'], message: 'stringify expects an object' }
     ]
   };