diff --git a/changelog/9077.bugfix.rst b/changelog/9077.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcee5d385df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/9077.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed confusing error message when ``request.fspath`` / ``request.path`` was accessed from a session-scoped fixture.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
index 79b7c877f46..de27abdb734 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def fspath(self) -> LEGACY_PATH:
     @property
     def path(self) -> Path:
         if self.scope not in ("function", "class", "module", "package"):
-            raise AttributeError(f"module not available in {self.scope}-scoped context")
+            raise AttributeError(f"path not available in {self.scope}-scoped context")
         # TODO: Remove ignore once _pyfuncitem is properly typed.
         return self._pyfuncitem.path  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/testing/python/fixtures.py b/testing/python/fixtures.py
index e634dab45c1..ea66f50f0d9 100644
--- a/testing/python/fixtures.py
+++ b/testing/python/fixtures.py
@@ -1093,6 +1093,21 @@ def test_1(arg):
         reprec.assertoutcome(passed=2)
 
 
+class TestRequestSessionScoped:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+    def session_request(self, request):
+        return request
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["path", "fspath", "module"])
+    def test_session_scoped_unavailable_attributes(self, session_request, name):
+        expected = "path" if name == "fspath" else name
+        with pytest.raises(
+            AttributeError,
+            match=f"{expected} not available in session-scoped context",
+        ):
+            getattr(session_request, name)
+
+
 class TestRequestMarking:
     def test_applymarker(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
         item1, item2 = pytester.getitems(