diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index ad7b65e90a827e..ced8cece1d57f0 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ conjunction with native stack and other runtime environment data.
 added: v6.0.0
 -->
 
+Enable FIPS-compliant crypto at startup. (Requires Node.js to be built with
+`./configure --openssl-fips`.)
+
 ### `--entry-type=type`
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 added: REPLACEME
@@ -144,9 +147,6 @@ the file extension and the `"type"` field in the nearest parent `package.json`.
 
 Works for executing a file as well as `--eval`, `--print`, `STDIN`.
 
-Enable FIPS-compliant crypto at startup. (Requires Node.js to be built with
-`./configure --openssl-fips`.)
-
 ### `--es-module-specifier-resolution=mode`
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 added: REPLACEME
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index bd20b6385d0c05..31dca5bf176e54 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void EnvironmentOptions::CheckOptions(std::vector<std::string>* errors) {
                         "--experimental-modules to be enabled");
     }
     if (module_type != "commonjs" && module_type != "module") {
-      errors->push_back("--entry-type must \"module\" or \"commonjs\"");
+      errors->push_back("--entry-type must be \"module\" or \"commonjs\"");
     }
   }