diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index a73d459931..dd30097c43 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ E('ERR_HTTP_INVALID_CHAR', 'Invalid character in statusMessage.');
 E('ERR_HTTP_INVALID_STATUS_CODE',
   (originalStatusCode) => `Invalid status code: ${originalStatusCode}`);
 E('ERR_INDEX_OUT_OF_RANGE', 'Index out of range');
+E('ERR_INVALID_ARRAY_LENGTH',
+  (name, length, actual) => {
+    let msg = `The "${name}" array must have a length of ${length}`;
+    if (arguments.length > 2) {
+      const len = Array.isArray(actual) ? actual.length : actual;
+      msg += `. Received length ${len}`;
+    }
+    return msg;
+  });
 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}`);
diff --git a/lib/internal/process.js b/lib/internal/process.js
index aa5655d0ef..5254b5993b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process.js
@@ -78,14 +78,19 @@ function setup_hrtime() {
     _hrtime(hrValues);
 
     if (time !== undefined) {
-      if (Array.isArray(time) && time.length === 2) {
-        const sec = (hrValues[0] * 0x100000000 + hrValues[1]) - time[0];
-        const nsec = hrValues[2] - time[1];
-        const needsBorrow = nsec < 0;
-        return [needsBorrow ? sec - 1 : sec, needsBorrow ? nsec + 1e9 : nsec];
+      if (!Array.isArray(time)) {
+        throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'time', 'Array',
+                                   time);
       }
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-                                 'process.hrtime()', 'Array');
+      if (time.length !== 2) {
+        throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARRAY_LENGTH', 'time', 2,
+                                   time);
+      }
+
+      const sec = (hrValues[0] * 0x100000000 + hrValues[1]) - time[0];
+      const nsec = hrValues[2] - time[1];
+      const needsBorrow = nsec < 0;
+      return [needsBorrow ? sec - 1 : sec, needsBorrow ? nsec + 1e9 : nsec];
     }
 
     return [
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-hrtime.js b/test/parallel/test-process-hrtime.js
index 77e19533a8..faf05fef11 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-hrtime.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-hrtime.js
@@ -32,25 +32,35 @@ validateTuple(tuple);
 // validate that passing an existing tuple returns another valid tuple
 validateTuple(process.hrtime(tuple));
 
-const invalidHrtimeArgument = common.expectsError({
-  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-  type: TypeError,
-  message: 'The "process.hrtime()" argument must be of type Array'
-});
-
 // test that only an Array may be passed to process.hrtime()
 assert.throws(() => {
   process.hrtime(1);
-}, invalidHrtimeArgument);
+}, common.expectsError({
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+  type: TypeError,
+  message: 'The "time" argument must be of type Array. Received type number'
+}));
 assert.throws(() => {
   process.hrtime([]);
-}, invalidHrtimeArgument);
+}, common.expectsError({
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARRAY_LENGTH',
+  type: TypeError,
+  message: 'The "time" array must have a length of 2. Received length 0'
+}));
 assert.throws(() => {
   process.hrtime([1]);
-}, invalidHrtimeArgument);
+}, common.expectsError({
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARRAY_LENGTH',
+  type: TypeError,
+  message: 'The "time" array must have a length of 2. Received length 1'
+}));
 assert.throws(() => {
   process.hrtime([1, 2, 3]);
-}, invalidHrtimeArgument);
+}, common.expectsError({
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARRAY_LENGTH',
+  type: TypeError,
+  message: 'The "time" array must have a length of 2. Received length 3'
+}));
 
 function validateTuple(tuple) {
   assert(Array.isArray(tuple));