diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
index 2f42909e0c6f82..15b4c32d0a2e39 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ class ModuleJob extends ModuleJobBase {
           isCommonJSGlobalLikeNotDefinedError(e.message)) {
         e.message += ' in ES module scope';
 
-        if (StringPrototypeStartsWith(e.message, 'require ')) {
+        const isRequireKeywordInEsm = StringPrototypeStartsWith(e.message, 'require ');
+        if (isRequireKeywordInEsm) {
           e.message += ', you can use import instead';
         }
 
@@ -276,10 +277,19 @@ class ModuleJob extends ModuleJobBase {
               .getPackageScopeConfig(this.module.url);
         if (packageConfig.type === 'module') {
           e.message +=
-            '\nThis file is being treated as an ES module because it has a ' +
+            '\nThis file is an ES module because it has a ' +
             `'.js' file extension and '${packageConfig.pjsonPath}' contains ` +
-            '"type": "module". To treat it as a CommonJS script, rename it ' +
-            'to use the \'.cjs\' file extension.';
+            '"type": "module". There are a variety of solutions: ' +
+            '\n1. Rename the file extension to \'.cjs\' to treat the file ' +
+            'as a CommonJS module. Other \'.js\' files will continue to be ' +
+            'treated as ES modules.\n2. In your ' +
+            `'${packageConfig.pjsonPath}' file, rename "type": "module" ` +
+            'to "type": "commonjs". All \'.js\' files will be treated ' +
+            'as CommonJS modules. ' +
+            (isRequireKeywordInEsm ?
+              '\n3. Change this file into an ES module by replacing ' +
+              'each require statement with an import statement.' :
+              '');
         }
       }
       throw e;