diff --git a/lib/_tls_common.js b/lib/_tls_common.js
index a9fe0d8f06aa0d..d8f6afed0bd8fb 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_common.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_common.js
@@ -56,11 +56,10 @@ function SecureContext(secureProtocol, secureOptions, context) {
   if (secureOptions) this.context.setOptions(secureOptions);
 }
 
-function validateKeyCert(value, type) {
+function validateKeyCert(name, value) {
   if (typeof value !== 'string' && !isArrayBufferView(value)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      // TODO(BridgeAR): Change this to `options.${type}`
-      type,
+      `options.${name}`,
       ['string', 'Buffer', 'TypedArray', 'DataView'],
       value
     );
@@ -100,11 +99,11 @@ exports.createSecureContext = function createSecureContext(options, context) {
     if (Array.isArray(ca)) {
       for (i = 0; i < ca.length; ++i) {
         val = ca[i];
-        validateKeyCert(val, 'ca');
+        validateKeyCert('ca', val);
         c.context.addCACert(val);
       }
     } else {
-      validateKeyCert(ca, 'ca');
+      validateKeyCert('ca', ca);
       c.context.addCACert(ca);
     }
   } else {
@@ -116,11 +115,11 @@ exports.createSecureContext = function createSecureContext(options, context) {
     if (Array.isArray(cert)) {
       for (i = 0; i < cert.length; ++i) {
         val = cert[i];
-        validateKeyCert(val, 'cert');
+        validateKeyCert('cert', val);
         c.context.setCert(val);
       }
     } else {
-      validateKeyCert(cert, 'cert');
+      validateKeyCert('cert', cert);
       c.context.setCert(cert);
     }
   }
@@ -137,11 +136,11 @@ exports.createSecureContext = function createSecureContext(options, context) {
         val = key[i];
         // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
         const pem = (val != undefined && val.pem !== undefined ? val.pem : val);
-        validateKeyCert(pem, 'key');
+        validateKeyCert('key', pem);
         c.context.setKey(pem, val.passphrase || passphrase);
       }
     } else {
-      validateKeyCert(key, 'key');
+      validateKeyCert('key', key);
       c.context.setKey(key, passphrase);
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-options-boolean-check.js b/test/parallel/test-https-options-boolean-check.js
index cefa9c1d0a3769..bed5fb03253f7f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-options-boolean-check.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-options-boolean-check.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const caArrDataView = toDataView(caCert);
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
     name: 'TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]',
-    message: 'The "key" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
+    message: 'The "options.key" property must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
              `TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
   });
 });
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ const caArrDataView = toDataView(caCert);
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
     name: 'TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]',
-    message: 'The "cert" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
-             `TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
+    message: 'The "options.cert" property must be one of type string, Buffer,' +
+             ` TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
   });
 });
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ const caArrDataView = toDataView(caCert);
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
     name: 'TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]',
-    message: 'The "ca" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
+    message: 'The "options.ca" property must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
              `TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-options-boolean-check.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-options-boolean-check.js
index de21da63ff4983..242df1140e41c2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-options-boolean-check.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-options-boolean-check.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const caArrDataView = toDataView(caCert);
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
     type: TypeError,
-    message: 'The "key" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
+    message: 'The "options.key" property must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
              `TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
   });
 });
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ const caArrDataView = toDataView(caCert);
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
     type: TypeError,
-    message: 'The "cert" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
-             `TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
+    message: 'The "options.cert" property must be one of type string, Buffer,' +
+             ` TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
   });
 });
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const caArrDataView = toDataView(caCert);
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
     type: TypeError,
-    message: 'The "ca" argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
+    message: 'The "options.ca" property must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
              `TypedArray, or DataView. Received type ${type}`
   });
 });