diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index b162f961041221..5677b9af679f33 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ E('ERR_SOCKET_BAD_PORT', (name, port, allowZero = true) => {
   assert(typeof allowZero === 'boolean',
          "The 'allowZero' argument must be of type boolean.");
   const operator = allowZero ? '>=' : '>';
-  return `${name} should be ${operator} 0 and < 65536. Received ${port}.`;
+  return `${name} should be ${operator} 0 and < 65536. Received ${determineSpecificType(port)}.`;
 }, RangeError);
 E('ERR_SOCKET_BAD_TYPE',
   'Bad socket type specified. Valid types are: udp4, udp6', TypeError);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dns.js b/test/parallel/test-dns.js
index 18218308486f4e..b324723ce9a8f4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dns.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dns.js
@@ -310,8 +310,6 @@ dns.lookup('', {
 const portErr = (port) => {
   const err = {
     code: 'ERR_SOCKET_BAD_PORT',
-    message:
-      `Port should be >= 0 and < 65536. Received ${port}.`,
     name: 'RangeError'
   };
 
@@ -323,10 +321,7 @@ const portErr = (port) => {
     dns.lookupService('0.0.0.0', port, common.mustNotCall());
   }, err);
 };
-portErr(null);
-portErr(undefined);
-portErr(65538);
-portErr('test');
+[null, undefined, 65538, 'test', NaN, Infinity, Symbol(), 0n, true, false, '', () => {}, {}].forEach(portErr);
 
 assert.throws(() => {
   dns.lookupService('0.0.0.0', 80, null);