nodejs
diff --git a/‎lib/internal/errors.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎lib/internal/errors.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎test/es-module/test-esm-dynamic-import.js‎
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@@ -1415,8 +1415,8 @@ E('ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT', "Directory import '%s' is not supported " +
 E('ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME', (url) => {
   let msg = 'Only file and data URLs are supported by the default ESM loader';
   if (isWindows && url.protocol.length === 2) {
-    msg += '. Absolute Windows paths without prefix are not valid URLs, ' +
-      "consider using 'file://' prefix";
+    msg +=
+      '. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs';
   }
   msg += `. Received protocol '${url.protocol}'`;
   return msg;
 
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ function expectFsNamespace(result) {
   if (common.isWindows) {
     const msg =
       'Only file and data URLs are supported by the default ESM loader. ' +
-      'Absolute Windows paths without prefix are not valid URLs, ' +
-      "consider using 'file://' prefix. Received protocol 'c:'";
+      'On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. ' +
+      "Received protocol 'c:'";
     expectModuleError(import('C:\\example\\foo.mjs'),
                       'ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME',
                       msg);