diff --git a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
index d688fca9..0ab50d49 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/filters.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require "date"
 require "liquid"
 
 module Jekyll
-  # rubocop:disable Metrics/ModuleLength
   module Filters
     # Convert a Markdown string into HTML output.
     #
@@ -269,12 +268,7 @@ module Jekyll
     def to_integer(input)
       return 1 if input == true
       return 0 if input == false
-      begin
-        input.to_i
-      rescue
-        raise ArgumentError,
-          "Object '#{input.inspect}' could not be converted into an integer."
-      end
+      input.to_i
     end
 
     # Sort an array of objects
diff --git a/test/test_filters.rb b/test/test_filters.rb
index c8d4a68b..bb979524 100644
--- a/test/test_filters.rb
+++ b/test/test_filters.rb
@@ -645,8 +645,13 @@ class TestFilters < JekyllUnitTest
 
     context "to_integer filter" do
       should "raise Exception when input is not integer or string" do
-        err_msg = "Object '[1, 2]' could not be converted into an integer."
-        err = assert_raises ArgumentError do
+        err_msg = <<-EOS.strip!
+undefined method `to_i' for [1, 2]:Array
+Did you mean?  to_s
+               to_a
+               to_h
+EOS
+        err = assert_raises NoMethodError do
           @filter.to_integer([1, 2])
         end
         assert_equal err_msg, err.message