1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 9c900fcaf3..8d22906c5f 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -465,7 +465,9 @@ async function waitForActual(block) {
 function expectsError(stackStartFn, actual, error, message) {
   if (typeof error === 'string') {
     if (arguments.length === 4) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('error', ['Function', 'RegExp'], error);
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('error',
+                                     ['Object', 'Error', 'Function', 'RegExp'],
+                                     error);
     }
     message = error;
     error = null;