diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 07969b6dd91b11..1e618b1d530497 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ module. String input is input via `--eval`, `--print`, or `STDIN`.
 
 Valid values are `"commonjs"` and `"module"`. The default is `"commonjs"`.
 
+The REPL does not support this option.
+
 ### `--inspect-brk[=[host:]port]`
 
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-unsupported-option.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-unsupported-option.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c5b234614983f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-unsupported-option.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, ['-i', '--input-type=module']);
+
+assert.match(result.stderr.toString(), /Cannot specify --input-type for REPL/);