diff --git a/collects/racket/private/kw.rkt b/collects/racket/private/kw.rkt
index 0922d9a1b0..088e89b490 100644
--- a/collects/racket/private/kw.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/private/kw.rkt
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
            (loop (cdr ks))]
           [(keyword<? (car ks) (cadr ks))
            (loop (cdr ks))]
-          [else (type-error "sorted list of keywords" 1)]))
+          [else (type-error "sorted list of distinct keywords" 1)]))
       (unless (list? kw-vals)
         (type-error "list" 2))
       (unless (= (length kws) (length kw-vals))
@@ -1044,13 +1044,13 @@
 
       (unless (and (list? req-kw) (andmap keyword? req-kw)
                    (sorted? req-kw))
-        (raise-type-error 'procedure-reduce-keyword-arity "sorted list of keywords" 
+        (raise-type-error 'procedure-reduce-keyword-arity "sorted list of distinct keywords" 
                           2 proc arity req-kw allowed-kw))
       (when allowed-kw
         (unless (and (list? allowed-kw) (andmap keyword? allowed-kw)
                      (sorted? allowed-kw))
-          (raise-type-error 'procedure-reduce-keyword-arity "sorted list of keywords or #f" 
-                            2 proc arity req-kw allowed-kw))
+          (raise-type-error 'procedure-reduce-keyword-arity "sorted list of distinct keywords or #f" 
+                            3 proc arity req-kw allowed-kw))
         (unless (subset? req-kw allowed-kw)
           (raise-mismatch-error 'procedure-reduce-keyword-arity 
                                 "allowed-keyword list does not include all required keywords: "
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/procedures.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/procedures.scrbl
index 4d87229df0..d9e2650d2e 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/procedures.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/procedures.scrbl
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ arity-reduced procedure) or @racket[arity] must be the empty list
           (or/c (listof keyword?) #f))]{
 
 Returns information about the keyword arguments required and accepted
-by a procedure. The first result is a list of keywords (sorted by
+by a procedure. The first result is a list of distinct keywords (sorted by
 @racket[keyword<?]) that are required when applying @racket[proc]. The
-second result is a list of accepted keywords (sorted by
+second result is a list of distinct accepted keywords (sorted by
 @racket[keyword<?]), or @racket[#f] to mean that any keyword is
 accepted. When the second result is a list, every element in the first
 list is also in the second list.
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ requiring any keyword arguments). See also
 @racket[procedure-reduce-keyword-arity].
 
 When the result is called with keyword arguments, then @racket[proc]
-is called; the first argument is a list of keywords sorted by
+is called; the first argument is a list of distinct keywords sorted by
 @racket[keyword<?], the second argument is a parallel list containing a
 value for each keyword, and the remaining arguments are the
 by-position arguments.
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ obtains its result from @racket[plain-proc].
 
 Like @racket[procedure-reduce-arity], but constrains the keyword
 arguments according to @racket[required-kws] and @racket[allowed-kws],
-which must be sorted using @racket[keyword<?]. If @racket[allowed-kws]
+which must be sorted using @racket[keyword<?] and contain no duplicates. If @racket[allowed-kws]
 is @racket[#f], then the resulting procedure still accepts any
 keyword, otherwise the keywords in @racket[required-kws] must be a
 subset of those in @racket[allowed-kws]. The original @racket[proc]
diff --git a/collects/tests/racket/procs.rktl b/collects/tests/racket/procs.rktl
index 18d91ed949..c8174f2ac8 100644
--- a/collects/tests/racket/procs.rktl
+++ b/collects/tests/racket/procs.rktl
@@ -262,6 +262,14 @@
     (try-combos (map add-chaperone procs) values)
     (try-combos (map add-chaperone procs) add-chaperone)))
 
+;; ----------------------------------------
+;; Check error reporting of `procedure-reduce-keyword-arity'
+
+(err/rt-test (procedure-reduce-keyword-arity void 1 '(#:b #:a) null)
+             (lambda (exn) (regexp-match #rx"3rd argument" (exn-message exn))))
+(err/rt-test (procedure-reduce-keyword-arity void 1 null '(#:b #:a))
+             (lambda (exn) (regexp-match #rx"4th argument" (exn-message exn))))
+
 ;; ----------------------------------------
 
 (report-errs)