diff --git a/unstructured/cleaners/extract.py b/unstructured/cleaners/extract.py
index b576f9ccc6..27c5d96601 100644
--- a/unstructured/cleaners/extract.py
+++ b/unstructured/cleaners/extract.py
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ def _get_indexed_match(text: str, pattern: str, index: int = 0) -> re.Match:
         raise ValueError(f"The index is {index}. Index must be a non-negative integer.")
 
     regex_match = None
+    i = -1
     for i, result in enumerate(re.finditer(pattern, text)):
         if i == index:
             regex_match = result
 
     if regex_match is None:
-        raise ValueError(f"Result with index {index} was not found. The largest index was {i}.")
+        message = f"Result with index {index} was not found."
+        if i >= 0:
+            message += f" The largest index was {i}."
+        raise ValueError(message)
 
     return regex_match