diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index d0991155d..f32c18cfb 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ The sandbox cluster installation is running under the constant load generated by
 * FEATURE: [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl.html): support client-side TLS configuration for [InfluxDB](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/#migrating-data-from-influxdb-1x). See [this feature request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5748). Thanks to @khushijain21 for [the pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/5783).
 * FEATURE: [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl.html): support client-side TLS configuration for [Remote Read protocol](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/#migrating-data-by-remote-read-protocol). See [this feature request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5748). Thanks to @khushijain21 for [the pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/5798).
 
+* BUGFIX: fix the misleading error `0ms is out of allowed range [0 ...` when passing `step=0` to [/api/v1/query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#instant-query)
+  or [/api/v1/query_range](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#range-query). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5795).
+
 ## [v1.98.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.98.0)
 
 Released at 2024-02-14
diff --git a/lib/httputils/duration.go b/lib/httputils/duration.go
index 8a5e3887f..f2a6df300 100644
--- a/lib/httputils/duration.go
+++ b/lib/httputils/duration.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func GetDuration(r *http.Request, argKey string, defaultValue int64) (int64, err
 	}
 	msecs := int64(secs * 1e3)
 	if msecs <= 0 || msecs > maxDurationMsecs {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%q=%dms is out of allowed range [%d ... %d]", argKey, msecs, 1, int64(maxDurationMsecs))
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s=%dms is out of allowed range [%dms ... %dms]", argKey, msecs, 1, int64(maxDurationMsecs))
 	}
 	return msecs, nil
 }