diff --git a/doc/api/vm.md b/doc/api/vm.md
index 30988ff53d3b6e..1ee32518da1280 100644
--- a/doc/api/vm.md
+++ b/doc/api/vm.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ changes:
     **Default:** `false`.
   * `importModuleDynamically`
     {Function|vm.constants.USE\_MAIN\_CONTEXT\_DEFAULT\_LOADER}
-    Used to specify the how the modules should be loaded during the evaluation
+    Used to specify how the modules should be loaded during the evaluation
     of this script when `import()` is called. This option is part of the
     experimental modules API. We do not recommend using it in a production
     environment. For detailed information, see
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ added: REPLACEME
 
 * {Object}
 
-Returns an object containing commonly used constants for vm operations.
+Returns an object containing commonly used constants for VM operations.
 
 ### `vm.constants.USE_MAIN_CONTEXT_DEFAULT_LOADER`
 
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ Returns an object containing commonly used constants for vm operations.
 added: REPLACEME
 -->
 
-> Stability: 1 - Experimental
+> Stability: 1.1 - Active development
 
 A constant that can be used as the `importModuleDynamically` option to
 `vm.Script` and `vm.compileFunction()` so that Node.js uses the default
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ using it in a production environment.
 
 ### When the `importModuleDynamically` option is not specified or undefined
 
-If this option is not specified, or if it's undefined, code containing
+If this option is not specified, or if it's `undefined`, code containing
 `import()` can still be compiled by the vm APIs, but when the compiled code is
 executed and it actually calls `import()`, the result will reject with
 [`ERR_VM_DYNAMIC_IMPORT_CALLBACK_MISSING`][].
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-vm-main-context-default-loader.js b/test/es-module/test-vm-main-context-default-loader.js
index bd18fcc9e65104..29274568ca93f0 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-vm-main-context-default-loader.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-vm-main-context-default-loader.js
@@ -21,35 +21,18 @@ assert(
   !process.execArgv.includes('--experimental-vm-modules'),
   'This test must be run without --experimental-vm-modules');
 
-assert(typeof USE_MAIN_CONTEXT_DEFAULT_LOADER, 'symbol');
+assert.strictEqual(typeof USE_MAIN_CONTEXT_DEFAULT_LOADER, 'symbol');
 
 async function testNotFoundErrors(options) {
   // Import user modules.
   const script = new Script('import("./message.mjs")', options);
   // Use try-catch for better async stack traces in the logs.
-  let result = 'uncaught-fallback';
-  try {
-    result = await script.runInThisContext();
-  } catch (error) {
-    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND');
-  } finally {
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      result, 'uncaught-fallback',
-      `import from vm.Script with ${inspect(options)} should throw ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND`);
-  }
+  await assert.rejects(script.runInThisContext(), { code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' });
 
   result = 'uncaught-fallback';
   const imported = compileFunction('return import("./message.mjs")', [], options)();
   // Use try-catch for better async stack traces in the logs.
-  try {
-    result = await imported;
-  } catch (error) {
-    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND');
-  } finally {
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      result, 'uncaught-fallback',
-      `import from vm.compileFunction with ${inspect(options)} should throw ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND`);
-  }
+  await assert.rejects(imported, { code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' });
 }
 
 async function testLoader(options) {
@@ -135,17 +118,7 @@ async function main() {
       const s = new Script('Promise.resolve("import(\'./message.mjs\')").then(eval)', {
         importModuleDynamically: common.mustNotCall(),
       });
-      // Use try-catch for better async stack traces in the logs.
-      let result = 'uncaught-fallback';
-      try {
-        result = await s.runInContext(ctx);
-      } catch (error) {
-        assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND');
-      } finally {
-        assert.strictEqual(
-          result, 'uncaught-fallback',
-          `import from vm.createContext() with ${inspect(options)} should throw ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND`);
-      }
+      await assert.rejects(s.runInContext(ctx), { code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' });
     }
 
     await testLoader(undefinedOptions);