diff --git a/netutils/ip.py b/netutils/ip.py
index 9fef0d44..afb90b34 100644
--- a/netutils/ip.py
+++ b/netutils/ip.py
@@ -241,8 +241,11 @@ def is_ip(ip: str) -> bool:
 def is_ip_range(ip_range: str) -> bool:
     """Verifies whether or not a string is a valid IP address range.
 
+    An `ip_range` is in the format of `{ip_start}-{ip_end}`, IPs in str format, same IP version, and
+    ip_start is before ip_end.
+
     Args:
-        ip_range: An IP address range in string format that is properly formatter.
+        ip_range: An IP address range in string format that is properly formatted.
 
     Returns:
         The result as to whether or not the string is a valid IP address.
@@ -270,31 +273,6 @@ def is_ip_range(ip_range: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-def get_range_ips(ip_range: str) -> t.Tuple[IPAddress, IPAddress]:
-    """Get's the two IPs as a tuple of IPAddress objects.
-
-    Args:
-        ip_range: An IP address range in string format that is properly formatter.
-
-    Returns:
-        The start and end IP address of the range provided.
-
-    Examples:
-        >>> from netutils.ip import get_range_ips
-        >>> get_range_ips("10.100.100.255-10.100.101.1")
-        (IPv4Address('10.100.100.255'), IPv4Address('10.100.101.1'))
-        >>> get_range_ips("2001::1-2001::10")
-        (IPv6Address('2001::1'), IPv6Address('2001::10'))
-        >>>
-    """
-    if not is_ip_range(ip_range):
-        raise ValueError("Not a valid IP range format of $start_ip-$end_ip")
-    start_ip, end_ip = ip_range.split("-")
-    start_ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(start_ip)
-    end_ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(end_ip)
-    return start_ip_obj, end_ip_obj
-
-
 def is_ip_within(ip: str, ip_compare: t.Union[str, t.List[str]]) -> bool:
     """
     Check if an IP address, IP subnet, or IP range is within the range of a list of IP addresses, IP subnets, and IP ranges.
@@ -331,15 +309,8 @@ def _convert_ip(ip: str) -> str:
             return f"{ip}/{mask}"
         return ip
 
-    def _convert_range(ip: str) -> t.Tuple[IPAddress, IPAddress]:
-        start_ip, end_ip = ip.split("-")
-        start_ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(start_ip.strip())
-        end_ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(end_ip.strip())
-        assert type(start_ip_obj) == type(end_ip_obj)  # nosec # pylint: disable=unidiomatic-typecheck
-        return start_ip_obj, end_ip_obj
-
     if "-" in ip:
-        ip_obj_start, ip_obj_end = _convert_range(ip)
+        ip_obj_start, ip_obj_end = get_range_ips(ip)
     else:
         ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_network(_convert_ip(ip))
         ip_obj_start = ip_obj[0]
@@ -350,7 +321,7 @@ def _convert_range(ip: str) -> t.Tuple[IPAddress, IPAddress]:
 
     for item in ip_compare:
         if "-" in item:
-            item_obj_start, item_obj_end = _convert_range(item)
+            item_obj_start, item_obj_end = get_range_ips(item)
 
         else:
             item_obj = ipaddress.ip_network(_convert_ip(item))
@@ -574,6 +545,31 @@ def get_peer_ip(ip_interface: str) -> str:
     return val[0]
 
 
+def get_range_ips(ip_range: str) -> t.Tuple[IPAddress, IPAddress]:
+    """Get's the two IPs as a tuple of IPAddress objects.
+
+    Args:
+        ip_range: An IP address range in string format that is properly formatted.
+
+    Returns:
+        The start and end IP address of the range provided.
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> from netutils.ip import get_range_ips
+        >>> get_range_ips("10.100.100.255-10.100.101.1")
+        (IPv4Address('10.100.100.255'), IPv4Address('10.100.101.1'))
+        >>> get_range_ips("2001::1-2001::10")
+        (IPv6Address('2001::1'), IPv6Address('2001::10'))
+        >>>
+    """
+    if not is_ip_range(ip_range):
+        raise ValueError(r"Not a valid IP range format of `{start_ip}-{end_ip}`")
+    start_ip, end_ip = ip_range.split("-")
+    start_ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(start_ip)
+    end_ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(end_ip)
+    return start_ip_obj, end_ip_obj
+
+
 def get_usable_range(ip_network: str) -> str:
     """Given a network, return the string of usable IP addresses.
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_ip.py b/tests/unit/test_ip.py
index 6a09c1af..f3898382 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_ip.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_ip.py
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ def test_is_ip_within(data):
 
 
 def test_is_ip_within_fail():
-    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         data = {"ip": "10.1.100.100", "ip_compare": "10.1.100.10-2001::1"}
         ip.is_ip_within(**data)