diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index e521796edd75a5..c72f6589892ba0 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -594,6 +594,12 @@ an argument of the wrong type has been passed to a Node.js API.
 The `'ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK'` error code is used generically to identify that
 a callback function is required and has not been provided to a Node.js API.
 
+<a id="ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS"></a>
+### ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS
+
+The `'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS'` is thrown specifically when a cursor on a given
+stream is attempted to move to a specified row without a specified column.
+
 <a id="ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST"></a>
 ### ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 1f1dd82c37acb7..957262f008fefa 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ E('ERR_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE', 'Index out of range');
 E('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', invalidArgType);
 E('ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK', 'callback must be a function');
 E('ERR_INVALID_FD', (fd) => `"fd" must be a positive integer: ${fd}`);
+E('ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS',
+  'Cannot set cursor row without setting its column');
 E('ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST', 'File URL host %s');
 E('ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_PATH', 'File URL path %s');
 E('ERR_INVALID_HANDLE_TYPE', 'This handle type cannot be sent');
diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index 60864f40afdbc1..adf2d5f067e1fd 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const errors = require('internal/errors');
 const { debug, inherits } = require('util');
 const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
   }
 
   if (completer && typeof completer !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('Argument "completer" must be a function');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE', 'completer', completer);
   }
 
   if (historySize === undefined) {
@@ -105,7 +106,11 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
   if (typeof historySize !== 'number' ||
       isNaN(historySize) ||
       historySize < 0) {
-    throw new TypeError('Argument "historySize" must be a positive number');
+    throw new errors.RangeError(
+      'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE',
+      'historySize',
+      historySize
+    );
   }
 
   // backwards compat; check the isTTY prop of the output stream
@@ -281,7 +286,12 @@ Interface.prototype._onLine = function(line) {
 
 Interface.prototype._writeToOutput = function _writeToOutput(stringToWrite) {
   if (typeof stringToWrite !== 'string')
-    throw new TypeError('"stringToWrite" argument must be a string');
+    throw new errors.TypeError(
+      'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      'stringToWrite',
+      'string',
+      stringToWrite
+    );
 
   if (this.output !== null && this.output !== undefined)
     this.output.write(stringToWrite);
@@ -1053,7 +1063,7 @@ function cursorTo(stream, x, y) {
     return;
 
   if (typeof x !== 'number')
-    throw new Error('Can\'t set cursor row without also setting it\'s column');
+    throw new errors.Error('ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS');
 
   if (typeof y !== 'number') {
     stream.write(CSI`${x + 1}G`);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-csi.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-csi.js
index bde37138e3b3dd..d83948764314de 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-csi.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-csi.js
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ assert.throws(
   () => readline.cursorTo(writable, 'a', 1),
   common.expectsError({
     type: Error,
-    message: /^Can't set cursor row without also setting it's column$/
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_CURSOR_POS',
+    message: 'Cannot set cursor row without setting its column'
   }));
 assert.strictEqual(writable.data, '');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index 6f8849a322618a..5d77119cdd2341 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -315,14 +315,10 @@ function isWarned(emitter) {
       input: fi,
       completer: 'string is not valid'
     });
-  }, function(err) {
-    if (err instanceof TypeError) {
-      if (/Argument "completer" must be a function/.test(err)) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-    return false;
-  });
+  }, common.expectsError({
+    type: TypeError,
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE'
+  }));
 
   // duplicate lines are removed from history when
   // `options.removeHistoryDuplicates` is `true`