diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts
index 0a2090f592ab4..4906055e0389b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/emr/private/cluster-utils.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function SpotProvisioningSpecificationPropertyToJson(property?: EmrCreateCluster
     return undefined;
   }
   if (!cdk.Token.isUnresolved(property.timeoutDurationMinutes) && (property.timeoutDurationMinutes < 5 || property.timeoutDurationMinutes > 1440)) {
-    throw new Error(`timeout duration must be between 5 and 1440 minutes, got ${property.timeoutDurationMinutes}`);
+    throw new Error(`timeoutDurationMinutes must be between 5 and 1440, got ${property.timeoutDurationMinutes}`);
   }
   return {
     AllocationStrategy: cdk.stringToCloudFormation(property.allocationStrategy),
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts
index 5b8041e6a65e5..2038d779c12f6 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/emr/emr-create-cluster.test.ts
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ test('Throws if timeoutDurationMinutes for Spot instances is less than 5', () =>
   // THEN
   expect(() => {
     task.toStateJson();
-  }).toThrow(/timeout duration must be between 5 and 1440 minutes, got 4/);
+  }).toThrow(/timeoutDurationMinutes must be between 5 and 1440, got 4/);
 });
 
 test('Throws if timeoutDurationMinutes for Spot instances is greater than 1440', () => {
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ test('Throws if timeoutDurationMinutes for Spot instances is greater than 1440',
   // THEN
   expect(() => {
     task.toStateJson();
-  }).toThrow(/timeout duration must be between 5 and 1440 minutes, got 1441/);
+  }).toThrow(/timeoutDurationMinutes must be between 5 and 1440, got 1441/);
 });
 
 test('Throws if both bidPrice and bidPriceAsPercentageOfOnDemandPrice are specified', () => {