diff --git a/src/Mailgun/Messages/BatchMessage.php b/src/Mailgun/Messages/BatchMessage.php
index 81b45ea..f6139c3 100644
--- a/src/Mailgun/Messages/BatchMessage.php
+++ b/src/Mailgun/Messages/BatchMessage.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class BatchMessage extends MessageBuilder{
 		if($this->toRecipientCount == 1000){
 			//If autoSend is off, do things here.
 			if($this->autoSend == false){
-				throw new TooManyParameters("You've exceeded the maximum recipient count (1,000) on the to field.");
+				throw new TooManyParameters("You've exceeded the maximum recipient count (1,000) on the to field with autosend disabled.");
 			}
 			else{
 				$this->sendMessage();
diff --git a/tests/Mailgun/Tests/Message/BatchMessageTest.php b/tests/Mailgun/Tests/Message/BatchMessageTest.php
index a96a485..5147890 100644
--- a/tests/Mailgun/Tests/Message/BatchMessageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Mailgun/Tests/Message/BatchMessageTest.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BatchMessageTest extends \Mailgun\Tests\MailgunTestCase{
 		$message->setFromAddress("samples@mailgun.org", array("first" => "Test", "last" => "User"));
 		$message->setSubject("This is the subject of the message!");
 		$message->setTextBody("This is the text body of the message!");
-		$message->sendMessage();
+		$message->finalize();
 		$messageObj= $message->getMessage();
 		$this->assertTrue(true, empty($messageObj));
 	}