diff --git a/tools/data2png.py b/tools/data2png.py
index 5d09033858..c91a894da0 100755
--- a/tools/data2png.py
+++ b/tools/data2png.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #  [height][width]u32
 #
 #  [height][width]f32
+#  [height][width]f64
 #
 #  [height][width][3]i8
 #  [height][width][3]u8
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 import png
 
+if "purepng" not in png.__file__:
+    print("data2png works only with purepng, not pypng.", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 
 def read_image(f):
     # Skip binary header.
@@ -93,7 +98,6 @@ def read_image(f):
 
     with open(infile, "rb") as f_in:
         width, height, img = read_image(f_in)
-
         with open(outfile, "wb") as f_out:
             w = png.Writer(width=width, height=height, alpha=False)
             w.write(f_out, img)