diff --git a/src/common/JSHandle.ts b/src/common/JSHandle.ts
index 03e9102ce70..adeb960576c 100644
--- a/src/common/JSHandle.ts
+++ b/src/common/JSHandle.ts
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<
       this._client.send('Page.getLayoutMetrics'),
     ]);
     if (!result || !result.quads.length)
-      throw new Error('Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement');
+      throw new Error('Node is either not clickable or not an HTMLElement');
     // Filter out quads that have too small area to click into.
     // Fallback to `layoutViewport` in case of using Firefox.
     const { clientWidth, clientHeight } =
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<
       )
       .filter((quad) => computeQuadArea(quad) > 1);
     if (!quads.length)
-      throw new Error('Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement');
+      throw new Error('Node is either not clickable or not an HTMLElement');
     // Return the middle point of the first quad.
     const quad = quads[0];
     let x = 0;
diff --git a/test/elementhandle.spec.ts b/test/elementhandle.spec.ts
index f65027fcea6..8eeba003f0d 100644
--- a/test/elementhandle.spec.ts
+++ b/test/elementhandle.spec.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ describe('ElementHandle specs', function () {
       );
       const error = await button.click().catch((error_) => error_);
       expect(error.message).toBe(
-        'Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement'
+        'Node is either not clickable or not an HTMLElement'
       );
     });
     it('should throw for recursively hidden nodes', async () => {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ describe('ElementHandle specs', function () {
       );
       const error = await button.click().catch((error_) => error_);
       expect(error.message).toBe(
-        'Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement'
+        'Node is either not clickable or not an HTMLElement'
       );
     });
     it('should throw for <br> elements', async () => {
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('ElementHandle specs', function () {
       const br = await page.$('br');
       const error = await br.click().catch((error_) => error_);
       expect(error.message).toBe(
-        'Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement'
+        'Node is either not clickable or not an HTMLElement'
       );
     });
   });