diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 75ea0eb57f..ae48d19acf 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ enum bisect_error bisect_next_all(struct repository *r, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (!all) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("No testable commit found.\n"
-			"Maybe you started with bad path parameters?\n"));
+			"Maybe you started with bad path arguments?\n"));
 
 		return BISECT_NO_TESTABLE_COMMIT;
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 2987c08a2e..08b8914d29 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				     git_notes_list_usage, 0);
 
 	if (1 < argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_list_usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
 
 	if (2 < argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_add_usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int copy(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (from_stdin || rewrite_cmd) {
 		if (argc) {
-			error(_("too many parameters"));
+			error(_("too many arguments"));
 			usage_with_options(git_notes_copy_usage, options);
 		} else {
 			return notes_copy_from_stdin(force, rewrite_cmd);
@@ -514,11 +514,11 @@ static int copy(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (argc < 1) {
-		error(_("too few parameters"));
+		error(_("too few arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_copy_usage, options);
 	}
 	if (2 < argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_copy_usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
 
 	if (2 < argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     0);
 
 	if (1 < argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_show_usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static int merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		error(_("must specify a notes ref to merge"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_merge_usage, options);
 	} else if (!do_merge && argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_merge_usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ static int prune(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     0);
 
 	if (argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_prune_usage, options);
 	}
 
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ static int get_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     git_notes_get_ref_usage, 0);
 
 	if (argc) {
-		error(_("too many parameters"));
+		error(_("too many arguments"));
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_get_ref_usage, options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 9bc85f91cd..60813d70d3 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int clear_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 
 	if (argc)
-		return error(_("git stash clear with parameters is "
+		return error(_("git stash clear with arguments is "
 			       "unimplemented"));
 
 	return do_clear_stash();
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index e8b85eefd8..482d1b7d28 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	object_ref = argc == 2 ? argv[1] : "HEAD";
 	if (argc > 2)
-		die(_("too many params"));
+		die(_("too many arguments"));
 
 	if (get_oid(object_ref, &object))
 		die(_("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), object_ref);
diff --git a/t/t3301-notes.sh b/t/t3301-notes.sh
index 4af881f0ba..d742be8840 100755
--- a/t/t3301-notes.sh
+++ b/t/t3301-notes.sh
@@ -1293,11 +1293,11 @@ test_expect_success 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF overrides config' '
 	grep "replacement note 3" actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'git notes copy diagnoses too many or too few parameters' '
+test_expect_success 'git notes copy diagnoses too many or too few arguments' '
 	test_must_fail git notes copy 2>error &&
-	test_i18ngrep "too few parameters" error &&
+	test_i18ngrep "too few arguments" error &&
 	test_must_fail git notes copy one two three 2>error &&
-	test_i18ngrep "too many parameters" error
+	test_i18ngrep "too many arguments" error
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git notes get-ref expands refs/heads/main to refs/notes/refs/heads/main' '
diff --git a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
index 7bcde054d7..43608abcb7 100755
--- a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
@@ -578,9 +578,9 @@ test_expect_success 'skipping away from skipped commit' '
 	test "$para3" = "$PARA_HASH3"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'erroring out when using bad path parameters' '
+test_expect_success 'erroring out when using bad path arguments' '
 	test_must_fail git bisect start $PARA_HASH7 $HASH1 -- foobar 2> error.txt &&
-	test_i18ngrep "bad path parameters" error.txt
+	test_i18ngrep "bad path arguments" error.txt
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'test bisection on bare repo - --no-checkout specified' '
