diff --git a/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/common/TextParsingException.java b/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/common/TextParsingException.java
index 5c751dda..9ed1546b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/common/TextParsingException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/common/TextParsingException.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ protected String getDetails() {
 	 * @return the record number when the exception occurred.
 	 */
 	public long getRecordNumber() {
-		return lineIndex;
+		return recordNumber;
 	}