diff --git a/scripts/api-extractor.ts b/scripts/api-extractor.ts
index 808af8754d..87f0695491 100644
--- a/scripts/api-extractor.ts
+++ b/scripts/api-extractor.ts
@@ -821,9 +821,9 @@ async function main() {
   const selectedPackageDirs = await findSpecificPackageDirs(
     process.argv.slice(2).filter(arg => !arg.startsWith('--')),
   );
-  if (selectedPackageDirs && (isCiBuild || isDocsBuild)) {
+  if (selectedPackageDirs && isCiBuild) {
     throw new Error(
-      'Package path arguments are not supported for the --ci and --docs flags',
+      'Package path arguments are not supported together with the --ci flag',
     );
   }
   if (!selectedPackageDirs && !isCiBuild && !isDocsBuild) {