diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/CoreStrings.resx b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/CoreStrings.resx
index 16e59e4c3..63f8986ab 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/CoreStrings.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/CoreStrings.resx
@@ -342,4 +342,7 @@
   <data name="SynchronousWritesDisallowed" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Synchronous operations are disallowed. Call WriteAsync or set AllowSynchronousIO to true instead.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="PositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Value must be a positive number. To disable a minimum data rate, use null where a MinDataRate instance is expected.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/MinDataRate.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/MinDataRate.cs
index 9d68a7ee9..0e320b37f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/MinDataRate.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/MinDataRate.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public MinDataRate(double bytesPerSecond, TimeSpan gracePeriod)
         {
             if (bytesPerSecond <= 0)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(bytesPerSecond), CoreStrings.PositiveNumberRequired);
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(bytesPerSecond), CoreStrings.PositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired);
             }
 
             if (gracePeriod <= Heartbeat.Interval)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs
index aa43e6b64..4598adc6f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -1060,6 +1060,20 @@ internal static string SynchronousWritesDisallowed
         internal static string FormatSynchronousWritesDisallowed()
             => GetString("SynchronousWritesDisallowed");
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Value must be a positive number. To disable a minimum data rate, use null where a MinDataRate instance is expected.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string PositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired
+        {
+            get => GetString("PositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Value must be a positive number. To disable a minimum data rate, use null where a MinDataRate instance is expected.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatPositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired()
+            => GetString("PositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired");
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests/MinDataRateTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests/MinDataRateTests.cs
index 7cc88188a..a87bfa770 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests/MinDataRateTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Tests/MinDataRateTests.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public void BytesPerSecondInvalid(double value)
             var exception = Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => new MinDataRate(bytesPerSecond: value, gracePeriod: TimeSpan.MaxValue));
 
             Assert.Equal("bytesPerSecond", exception.ParamName);
-            Assert.StartsWith(CoreStrings.PositiveNumberRequired, exception.Message);
+            Assert.StartsWith(CoreStrings.PositiveNumberOrNullMinDataRateRequired, exception.Message);
         }
 
         [Theory]