diff --git a/src/Schema/Exception/TypeMismatch.php b/src/Schema/Exception/TypeMismatch.php
index 8435244b..880f3719 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Exception/TypeMismatch.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Exception/TypeMismatch.php
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 namespace League\OpenAPIValidation\Schema\Exception;
 
+use League\OpenAPIValidation\Foundation\ArrayHelper;
+
 use function gettype;
 use function implode;
+use function is_array;
 use function sprintf;
 
 // Validation for 'type' keyword failed against a given data
@@ -19,7 +22,8 @@ class TypeMismatch extends KeywordMismatch
      */
     public static function becauseTypeDoesNotMatch(array $expected, $value): self
     {
-        $exception          = new self(sprintf("Value expected to be '%s', but '%s' given.", implode(', ', $expected), gettype($value)));
+        $givenType          = is_array($value) && ArrayHelper::isAssoc($value) ? 'object' : gettype($value);
+        $exception          = new self(sprintf("Value expected to be '%s', but '%s' given.", implode(', ', $expected), $givenType));
         $exception->data    = $value;
         $exception->keyword = 'type';
 
diff --git a/tests/Schema/Keywords/TypeTest.php b/tests/Schema/Keywords/TypeTest.php
index ec149005..4dc017cc 100644
--- a/tests/Schema/Keywords/TypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Schema/Keywords/TypeTest.php
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 
 namespace League\OpenAPIValidation\Tests\Schema\Keywords;
 
+use League\OpenAPIValidation\Foundation\ArrayHelper;
 use League\OpenAPIValidation\Schema\Exception\TypeMismatch;
 use League\OpenAPIValidation\Schema\SchemaValidator;
 use League\OpenAPIValidation\Tests\Schema\SchemaValidatorTest;
 use stdClass;
 
+use function gettype;
+use function is_array;
+
 final class TypeTest extends SchemaValidatorTest
 {
     /**
@@ -66,6 +70,15 @@ public function testItValidatesTypeRed(string $type, $invalidValue): void
         $schema = $this->loadRawSchema($spec);
 
         $this->expectException(TypeMismatch::class);
+        switch ($type) {
+            case 'array':
+                $expectedMsg = is_array($invalidValue) && ArrayHelper::isAssoc($invalidValue)
+                    ? "Value expected to be 'array', but 'object' given."
+                    : "Value expected to be 'array', but '" . gettype($invalidValue) . "' given.";
+                $this->expectExceptionMessage($expectedMsg);
+                break;
+        }
+
         (new SchemaValidator())->validate($invalidValue, $schema);
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +91,8 @@ public function invalidDataProvider(): array
             ['string', 12],
             ['object', 'not object'],
             ['array', ['a' => 1, 'b' => 2]], // this is not a plain array (a-la JSON)
+            ['array', [0 => 'a', 2 => 'b']], // this is not an array per JSON spec
+            ['array', 'not array'],
             ['boolean', [1, 2]],
             ['boolean', 'True'],
             ['boolean', ''],