diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/iter/from.js b/lib/internal/streams/iter/from.js
index ab786dc3825..e434ff9c253 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/iter/from.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/iter/from.js
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ function fromSync(input) {
   if (!isIterable && isAsyncIterable(input)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
       'input',
-      'a synchronous input (not AsyncIterable)',
+      'a synchronous input, not an async iterable',
       input,
     );
   }
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ function fromSync(input) {
       typeof input.then === 'function') {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
       'input',
-      'a synchronous input (not Promise)',
+      'a synchronous input, not a promise',
       input,
     );
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-from-sync.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-from-sync.js
index af7acfd4a54..133597914c4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-from-sync.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-iter-from-sync.js
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ function testFromSyncIgnoresAsyncStreamable() {
 // Explicit async iterable rejected
 function testFromSyncRejectsAsyncIterable() {
   async function* gen() { yield [new TextEncoder().encode('a')]; }
-  assert.throws(() => fromSync(gen()), { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' });
+  assert.throws(() => fromSync(gen()), {
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+    message: /must be a synchronous input, not an async iterable\./,
+  });
 }
 
 function testFromSyncPrefersIteratorForDualIterable() {
@@ -212,8 +215,10 @@ function testFromSyncPrefersIteratorForThenableIterable() {
 
 // Promise rejected
 function testFromSyncRejectsPromise() {
-  assert.throws(() => fromSync(Promise.resolve('hello')),
-                { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' });
+  assert.throws(() => fromSync(Promise.resolve('hello')), {
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+    message: /must be a synchronous input, not a promise\./,
+  });
 }
 
 // DataView input should be converted to Uint8Array (zero-copy)