diff --git a/common/changes/@rushstack/ts-command-line/fix-env-var-name-in-error-message_2026-06-11.json b/common/changes/@rushstack/ts-command-line/fix-env-var-name-in-error-message_2026-06-11.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1c09a42776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@rushstack/ts-command-line/fix-env-var-name-in-error-message_2026-06-11.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "comment": "Fix an issue where the error thrown for an unparseable environment variable mentions the value instead of the name.",
+      "type": "patch",
+      "packageName": "@rushstack/ts-command-line"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@rushstack/ts-command-line",
+  "email": "sshaurya914@gmail.com"
+}
diff --git a/libraries/ts-command-line/src/parameters/EnvironmentVariableParser.ts b/libraries/ts-command-line/src/parameters/EnvironmentVariableParser.ts
index f25dd17b015..84dcffef739 100644
--- a/libraries/ts-command-line/src/parameters/EnvironmentVariableParser.ts
+++ b/libraries/ts-command-line/src/parameters/EnvironmentVariableParser.ts
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ export class EnvironmentVariableParser {
             !parsedJson.every((x) => typeof x === 'string' || typeof x === 'boolean' || typeof x === 'number')
           ) {
             throw new Error(
-              `The ${environmentValue} environment variable value must be a JSON ` +
+              `The ${envVarName} environment variable value must be a JSON ` +
                 ` array containing only strings, numbers, and booleans.`
             );
           }
           return parsedJson.map((x) => x.toString());
         } catch (ex) {
           throw new Error(
-            `The ${environmentValue} environment variable value looks like a JSON array` +
+            `The ${envVarName} environment variable value looks like a JSON array` +
               ` but failed to parse: ` +
               (ex as Error).message
           );
diff --git a/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/CommandLineParameter.test.ts b/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/CommandLineParameter.test.ts
index d8668b9c37a..c2416f73c47 100644
--- a/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/CommandLineParameter.test.ts
+++ b/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/CommandLineParameter.test.ts
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ describe(CommandLineParameterBase.name, () => {
       }
 
       expect(error).toMatch(
-        /^The \[u environment variable value looks like a JSON array but failed to parse: Unexpected token /
+        /^The ENV_COLOR environment variable value looks like a JSON array but failed to parse: Unexpected token /
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/__snapshots__/CommandLineParameter.test.ts.snap b/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/__snapshots__/CommandLineParameter.test.ts.snap
index b2fec498707..9d03ce2fb0b 100644
--- a/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/__snapshots__/CommandLineParameter.test.ts.snap
+++ b/libraries/ts-command-line/src/test/__snapshots__/CommandLineParameter.test.ts.snap
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Array [
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`CommandLineParameterBase choice list raises an error if env var value is json containing non-scalars 1`] = `"The [{}] environment variable value looks like a JSON array but failed to parse: The [{}] environment variable value must be a JSON  array containing only strings, numbers, and booleans."`;
+exports[`CommandLineParameterBase choice list raises an error if env var value is json containing non-scalars 1`] = `"The ENV_COLOR environment variable value looks like a JSON array but failed to parse: The ENV_COLOR environment variable value must be a JSON  array containing only strings, numbers, and booleans."`;
 
 exports[`CommandLineParameterBase choice list raises an error if env var value is not a valid choice 1`] = `"Invalid value \\"oblong\\" for the environment variable ENV_COLOR.  Valid choices are: \\"purple\\", \\"yellow\\", \\"pizza\\""`;