diff --git a/src/error/GraphQLError.ts b/src/error/GraphQLError.ts
index 3c73e85759..b88d27a56c 100644
--- a/src/error/GraphQLError.ts
+++ b/src/error/GraphQLError.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface GraphQLErrorExtensions {
   [attributeName: string]: unknown;
 }
 
-export interface GraphQLErrorArgs {
+export interface GraphQLErrorOptions {
   nodes?: ReadonlyArray<ASTNode> | ASTNode | null;
   source?: Maybe<Source>;
   positions?: Maybe<ReadonlyArray<number>>;
@@ -30,17 +30,19 @@ export interface GraphQLErrorArgs {
 }
 
 type BackwardsCompatibleArgs =
-  | [args?: GraphQLErrorArgs]
+  | [options?: GraphQLErrorOptions]
   | [
-      nodes?: GraphQLErrorArgs['nodes'],
-      source?: GraphQLErrorArgs['source'],
-      positions?: GraphQLErrorArgs['positions'],
-      path?: GraphQLErrorArgs['path'],
-      originalError?: GraphQLErrorArgs['originalError'],
-      extensions?: GraphQLErrorArgs['extensions'],
+      nodes?: GraphQLErrorOptions['nodes'],
+      source?: GraphQLErrorOptions['source'],
+      positions?: GraphQLErrorOptions['positions'],
+      path?: GraphQLErrorOptions['path'],
+      originalError?: GraphQLErrorOptions['originalError'],
+      extensions?: GraphQLErrorOptions['extensions'],
     ];
 
-function toNormalizedArgs(args: BackwardsCompatibleArgs): GraphQLErrorArgs {
+function toNormalizedOptions(
+  args: BackwardsCompatibleArgs,
+): GraphQLErrorOptions {
   const firstArg = args[0];
   if (firstArg == null || 'kind' in firstArg || 'length' in firstArg) {
     return {
@@ -111,9 +113,9 @@ export class GraphQLError extends Error {
    */
   readonly extensions: GraphQLErrorExtensions;
 
-  constructor(message: string, args?: GraphQLErrorArgs);
+  constructor(message: string, options?: GraphQLErrorOptions);
   /**
-   * @deprecated Please use the `GraphQLErrorArgs` constructor overload instead.
+   * @deprecated Please use the `GraphQLErrorOptions` constructor overload instead.
    */
   constructor(
     message: string,
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export class GraphQLError extends Error {
   );
   constructor(message: string, ...rawArgs: BackwardsCompatibleArgs) {
     const { nodes, source, positions, path, originalError, extensions } =
-      toNormalizedArgs(rawArgs);
+      toNormalizedOptions(rawArgs);
     super(message);
 
     this.name = 'GraphQLError';
diff --git a/src/error/index.ts b/src/error/index.ts
index 41ad0d6f09..dd92e48364 100644
--- a/src/error/index.ts
+++ b/src/error/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export { GraphQLError, printError, formatError } from './GraphQLError';
 export type {
+  GraphQLErrorOptions,
   GraphQLFormattedError,
   GraphQLErrorExtensions,
 } from './GraphQLError';
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7fbf4d6d68..bb82b58164 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ export {
 } from './error/index';
 
 export type {
+  GraphQLErrorOptions,
   GraphQLFormattedError,
   GraphQLErrorExtensions,
 } from './error/index';