diff --git a/changes/33437-enable-scripts-err-msg b/changes/33437-enable-scripts-err-msg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b8f30545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/33437-enable-scripts-err-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Updated error message when attempting to run software install script on host with scripts disabled
+  to refer to `--enable-scripts` flag (instead of `--scripts-enabled`).
diff --git a/orbit/pkg/update/notifications.go b/orbit/pkg/update/notifications.go
index 0f0647a7e1..4cfc877248 100644
--- a/orbit/pkg/update/notifications.go
+++ b/orbit/pkg/update/notifications.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ type runScriptsConfigReceiver struct {
 	// ScriptsExecutionEnabled indicates if this agent allows scripts execution.
 	// If it doesn't, scripts are not executed, but a response is returned to the
 	// Fleet server so it knows the agent processed the request. Note that this
-	// should be set to the value of the --scripts-enabled command-line flag. An
+	// should be set to the value of the --enable-scripts command-line flag. An
 	// additional, dynamic check is done automatically by the
 	// runScriptsConfigReceiver if this field is false to get the value from the
 	// MDM configuration profile.
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func (h *runScriptsConfigReceiver) Run(cfg *fleet.OrbitConfig) error {
 
 func (h *runScriptsConfigReceiver) scriptsEnabled() bool {
 	// scripts are always enabled if the agent is started with the
-	// --scripts-enabled flag. If it is not started with this flag, then
+	// --enable-scripts flag. If it is not started with this flag, then
 	// scripts are enabled only if the mdm profile says so.
 	return h.ScriptsExecutionEnabled || h.dynamicScriptsEnabled.Load()
 }
diff --git a/server/fleet/software_installer.go b/server/fleet/software_installer.go
index 666eb80077..e4cddad6e4 100644
--- a/server/fleet/software_installer.go
+++ b/server/fleet/software_installer.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ type HostSoftwareInstallerResult struct {
 const (
 	SoftwareInstallerQueryFailCopy          = "Query didn't return result or failed\nInstall stopped"
 	SoftwareInstallerQuerySuccessCopy       = "Query returned result\nProceeding to install..."
-	SoftwareInstallerScriptsDisabledCopy    = "Installing software...\nError: Scripts are disabled for this host. To run scripts, deploy the fleetd agent with --scripts-enabled."
+	SoftwareInstallerScriptsDisabledCopy    = "Installing software...\nError: Scripts are disabled for this host. To run scripts, deploy the fleetd agent with --enable-scripts."
 	SoftwareInstallerInstallFailCopy        = "Installing software...\nFailed\n%s"
 	SoftwareInstallerInstallSuccessCopy     = "Installing software...\nSuccess\n%s"
 	SoftwareInstallerPostInstallSuccessCopy = "Running script...\nExit code: 0 (Success)\n%s"