diff --git a/src/node_messaging.cc b/src/node_messaging.cc
index e430ff70f86cbb..d02a10c9740e61 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.cc
+++ b/src/node_messaging.cc
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ void MessagePort::ReceiveMessage(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   if (!args[0]->IsObject() ||
       !env->message_port_constructor_template()->HasInstance(args[0])) {
     return THROW_ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(env,
-        "First argument needs to be a MessagePort instance");
+        "The \"port\" argument must be a MessagePort instance");
   }
   MessagePort* port = Unwrap<MessagePort>(args[0].As<Object>());
   if (port == nullptr) {
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ void MessagePort::MoveToContext(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   if (!args[0]->IsObject() ||
       !env->message_port_constructor_template()->HasInstance(args[0])) {
     return THROW_ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(env,
-        "First argument needs to be a MessagePort instance");
+        "The \"port\" argument must be a MessagePort instance");
   }
   MessagePort* port = Unwrap<MessagePort>(args[0].As<Object>());
   CHECK_NOT_NULL(port);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-receive-message.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-receive-message.js
index e7078ea1e67ee5..8e5dc91a0790ae 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-receive-message.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-receive-message.js
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ for (const value of [null, 0, -1, {}, []]) {
   assert.throws(() => receiveMessageOnPort(value), {
     name: 'TypeError',
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-    message: 'First argument needs to be a MessagePort instance'
+    message: 'The "port" argument must be a MessagePort instance'
   });
 }