From fd4c75f2ada0aa7b9a64a9d03e63162f0c8e44ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Woessner <Woessner.jacob@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:22:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update mne/epochs.py

Co-authored-by: Eric Larson <larson.eric.d@gmail.com>
---
 mne/epochs.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mne/epochs.py b/mne/epochs.py
index dedf73aa870..0c87de09f7b 100644
--- a/mne/epochs.py
+++ b/mne/epochs.py
@@ -823,9 +823,8 @@ def _reject_setup(self, reject, flat):
                     _validate_type(val, "numeric", name, extra="or callable")
                     if val is None or val < 0:
                         raise ValueError(
-                            """If using numerical %s criteria, the value
-                                must be >= 0 Not '%s'."""
-                            % (kind, val)
+                            f"If using numerical {name} criteria, the value "
+                            f"must be >= 0, not {repr(val)}"
                         )
 
         # now check to see if our rejection and flat are getting more