diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index 110b045a063460..d2add7faa30a9e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ const validateArray = hideStackFrames((value, name, minLength = 0) => {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'Array', value);
   }
   if (value.length < minLength) {
-    const reason = `must be longer than ${minLength}`;
+    const reason = `must have a length of at least ${minLength}`;
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(name, value, reason);
   }
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-validators.js b/test/parallel/test-validators.js
index 848fa0c27bbebe..8acb04f3d072bc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-validators.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-validators.js
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ const invalidArgValueError = {
   assert.throws(() => {
     validateArray([], 'foo', 1);
   }, invalidArgValueError);
+
+  validateArray([1, 2, 3], 'foo', 3);
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    validateArray([1, 2], 'foo', 3);
+  }, (err) => {
+    assert.ok(err.message.includes('at least 3'), `Expected "at least 3" in: ${err.message}`);
+    return true;
+  });
 }
 
 {