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-rw-r--r--numpy/core/memmap.py3
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diff --git a/numpy/core/memmap.py b/numpy/core/memmap.py
index b0d9cb3af..21341b2e3 100644
--- a/numpy/core/memmap.py
+++ b/numpy/core/memmap.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class memmap(ndarray):
| 'r+' | Open existing file for reading and writing. |
+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 'w+' | Create or overwrite existing file for reading and writing. |
+ | | If ``mode == 'w+'`` then `shape` must also be specified. |
+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 'c' | Copy-on-write: assignments affect data in memory, but |
| | changes are not saved to disk. The file on disk is |
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ class memmap(ndarray):
) from None
if mode == 'w+' and shape is None:
- raise ValueError("shape must be given")
+ raise ValueError("shape must be given if mode == 'w+'")
if hasattr(filename, 'read'):
f_ctx = nullcontext(filename)