diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateScopeAPIs.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateScopeAPIs.cs
index 2c7850f179..a6196e4905 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateScopeAPIs.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateScopeAPIs.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// </summary>
         private SessionStateScope _currentScope;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cmdlet parameter name to return in the error message instead of "scopeID".
+        /// </summary>
+        internal const string ScopeParameterName = "Scope";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Given a scope identifier, returns the proper session state scope.
         /// </summary>
@@ -92,18 +97,18 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
 
                         if (scopeNumericID < 0)
                         {
-                            throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentOutOfRangeException("scopeID", scopeID);
+                            throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentOutOfRangeException(ScopeParameterName, scopeID);
                         }
 
                         result = GetScopeByID(scopeNumericID) ?? _currentScope;
                     }
                     catch (FormatException)
                     {
-                        throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentException("scopeID", AutomationExceptions.InvalidScopeIdArgument, "scopeID");
+                        throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentException(ScopeParameterName, AutomationExceptions.InvalidScopeIdArgument, ScopeParameterName);
                     }
                     catch (OverflowException)
                     {
-                        throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentOutOfRangeException("scopeID", scopeID);
+                        throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentOutOfRangeException(ScopeParameterName, scopeID);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
             {
                 ArgumentOutOfRangeException outOfRange =
                     PSTraceSource.NewArgumentOutOfRangeException(
-                        "scopeID",
+                        ScopeParameterName,
                         originalID,
                         SessionStateStrings.ScopeIDExceedsAvailableScopes,
                         originalID);
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/AutomationExceptions.resx b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/AutomationExceptions.resx
index e48937c909..6c4c8fe0d9 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/AutomationExceptions.resx
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/AutomationExceptions.resx
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     <value>Cannot process argument because the value of argument "{0}" is not valid. Change the value of the "{0}" argument and run the operation again.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="InvalidScopeIdArgument" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cannot process argument because the value of argument "{0}" is not valid. Valid values are "Global", "Local", or "Script", or a number relative to the current scope (0 through the number of scopes where 0 is the current scope and 1 is its parent). Change the value of the "{0}" argument and run the operation again.</value>
+    <value>Cannot process argument because the value of parameter "{0}" is not valid. Valid values are "Global", "Local", or "Script", or a number relative to the current scope (0 through the number of scopes where 0 is the current scope and 1 is its parent). Change the value of the "{0}" parameter and run the operation again.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ArgumentNull" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Cannot process argument because the value of argument "{0}" is null. Change the value of argument "{0}" to a non-null value.</value>