diff --git a/packages/go_router/example/lib/extra_codec.dart b/packages/go_router/example/lib/extra_codec.dart
index 497312cb530..f7ae2a4f576 100644
--- a/packages/go_router/example/lib/extra_codec.dart
+++ b/packages/go_router/example/lib/extra_codec.dart
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class _MyExtraDecoder extends Converter<Object?, Object?> {
     if (inputAsList[0] == 'ComplexData2') {
       return ComplexData2(inputAsList[1]! as String);
     }
-    throw FormatException('Unable tp parse input: $input');
+    throw FormatException('Unable to parse input: $input');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/go_router/example/test/extra_codec_test.dart b/packages/go_router/example/test/extra_codec_test.dart
index 7358cfc614e..e42b19ddb3b 100644
--- a/packages/go_router/example/test/extra_codec_test.dart
+++ b/packages/go_router/example/test/extra_codec_test.dart
@@ -20,4 +20,20 @@ void main() {
     expect(find.text('The extra for this page is: ComplexData2(data: data)'),
         findsOneWidget);
   });
+
+  test('invalid extra throws', () {
+    const example.MyExtraCodec extraCodec = example.MyExtraCodec();
+    const List<Object?> invalidValue = <Object?>['invalid'];
+
+    expect(
+      () => extraCodec.decode(invalidValue),
+      throwsA(
+        predicate(
+          (Object? exception) =>
+              exception is FormatException &&
+              exception.message == 'Unable to parse input: $invalidValue',
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
 }