diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index d3f15f2367b..3708ea3582c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ namespace ts {
             return emitResolver;
         }
 
-        function error(location: Node, message: DiagnosticMessage, arg0?: any, arg1?: any, arg2?: any): void {
+        function error(location: Node, message: DiagnosticMessage, arg0?: string | number, arg1?: string | number, arg2?: string | number): void {
             const diagnostic = location
                 ? createDiagnosticForNode(location, message, arg0, arg1, arg2)
                 : createCompilerDiagnostic(message, arg0, arg1, arg2);
@@ -8537,7 +8537,7 @@ namespace ts {
         // An evolving array type tracks the element types that have so far been seen in an
         // 'x.push(value)' or 'x[n] = value' operation along the control flow graph. Evolving
         // array types are ultimately converted into manifest array types (using getFinalArrayType)
-        // and never escape the getFlowTypeOfReference function. 
+        // and never escape the getFlowTypeOfReference function.
         function createEvolvingArrayType(elementType: Type): AnonymousType {
             const result = <AnonymousType>createObjectType(TypeFlags.Anonymous);
             result.elementType = elementType;
diff --git a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
index d5207e4ce9a..d6c7dad0e8e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
@@ -515,10 +515,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
     /* @internal */
     export function createCompilerDiagnosticForInvalidCustomType(opt: CommandLineOptionOfCustomType): Diagnostic {
-        const namesOfType: string[] = [];
-        for (const key in opt.type) {
-            namesOfType.push(` '${key}'`);
-        }
+        const namesOfType = Object.keys(opt.type).map(key => `'${key}'`).join(", ");
         return createCompilerDiagnostic(Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1, `--${opt.name}`, namesOfType);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/core.ts b/src/compiler/core.ts
index befa30b6006..b41f382badf 100644
--- a/src/compiler/core.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/core.ts
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
     }
 
-    function formatStringFromArgs(text: string, args: { [index: number]: any; }, baseIndex?: number): string {
+    function formatStringFromArgs(text: string, args: { [index: number]: string; }, baseIndex?: number): string {
         baseIndex = baseIndex || 0;
 
         return text.replace(/{(\d+)}/g, (match, index?) => args[+index + baseIndex]);
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ namespace ts {
         return localizedDiagnosticMessages && localizedDiagnosticMessages[message.key] || message.message;
     }
 
-    export function createFileDiagnostic(file: SourceFile, start: number, length: number, message: DiagnosticMessage, ...args: any[]): Diagnostic;
+    export function createFileDiagnostic(file: SourceFile, start: number, length: number, message: DiagnosticMessage, ...args: (string | number)[]): Diagnostic;
     export function createFileDiagnostic(file: SourceFile, start: number, length: number, message: DiagnosticMessage): Diagnostic {
         const end = start + length;
 
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ namespace ts {
         return text;
     }
 
-    export function createCompilerDiagnostic(message: DiagnosticMessage, ...args: any[]): Diagnostic;
+    export function createCompilerDiagnostic(message: DiagnosticMessage, ...args: (string | number)[]): Diagnostic;
     export function createCompilerDiagnostic(message: DiagnosticMessage): Diagnostic {
         let text = getLocaleSpecificMessage(message);
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 952a3205250..efdac40c287 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ namespace ts {
         return getFullWidth(name) === 0 ? "(Missing)" : getTextOfNode(name);
     }
 
-    export function createDiagnosticForNode(node: Node, message: DiagnosticMessage, arg0?: any, arg1?: any, arg2?: any): Diagnostic {
+    export function createDiagnosticForNode(node: Node, message: DiagnosticMessage, arg0?: string | number, arg1?: string | number, arg2?: string | number): Diagnostic {
         const sourceFile = getSourceFileOfNode(node);
         const span = getErrorSpanForNode(sourceFile, node);
         return createFileDiagnostic(sourceFile, span.start, span.length, message, arg0, arg1, arg2);
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts b/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts
index cd9bf88df60..67bc1e9b795 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace ts {
             assertParseResult(["--lib", "es5,invalidOption", "0.ts"],
                 {
                     errors: [{
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                         code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         start: undefined,
                         length: undefined,
                     }, {
-                            messageText: "Argument for '--jsx' option must be:  'preserve', 'react'",
+                            messageText: "Argument for '--jsx' option must be: 'preserve', 'react'",
                             category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                             code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         start: undefined,
                         length: undefined,
                     }, {
-                            messageText: "Argument for '--module' option must be:  'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'",
+                            messageText: "Argument for '--module' option must be: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'",
                             category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                             code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         start: undefined,
                         length: undefined,
                     }, {
-                            messageText: "Argument for '--newLine' option must be:  'crlf', 'lf'",
+                            messageText: "Argument for '--newLine' option must be: 'crlf', 'lf'",
                             category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                             code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         start: undefined,
                         length: undefined,
                     }, {
-                            messageText: "Argument for '--target' option must be:  'es3', 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es2016', 'es2017'",
+                            messageText: "Argument for '--target' option must be: 'es3', 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es2016', 'es2017'",
                             category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                             code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         start: undefined,
                         length: undefined,
                     }, {
-                            messageText: "Argument for '--moduleResolution' option must be:  'node', 'classic'",
+                            messageText: "Argument for '--moduleResolution' option must be: 'node', 'classic'",
                             category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                             code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace ts {
             assertParseResult(["--lib", "es5,", "es7", "0.ts"],
                 {
                     errors: [{
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                         code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace ts {
             assertParseResult(["--lib", "es5, ", "es7", "0.ts"],
                 {
                     errors: [{
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                         code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts b/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
index a2174c17e41..2942675f0ac 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--jsx' option must be:  'preserve', 'react'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--jsx' option must be: 'preserve', 'react'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--module' option must be:  'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--module' option must be: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--newLine' option must be:  'crlf', 'lf'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--newLine' option must be: 'crlf', 'lf'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--target' option must be:  'es3', 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es2016', 'es2017'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--target' option must be: 'es3', 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es2016', 'es2017'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--moduleResolution' option must be:  'node', 'classic'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--moduleResolution' option must be: 'node', 'classic'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be:  'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options module-kind is out-of-range.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options module-kind is out-of-range.errors.txt
index d7d6eb69300..7778f6c23c5 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options module-kind is out-of-range.errors.txt	
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options module-kind is out-of-range.errors.txt	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be:  'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
+error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
 
 
-!!! error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be:  'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
+!!! error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
 ==== file.ts (0 errors) ====
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options target-script is out-of-range.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options target-script is out-of-range.errors.txt
index d7d6eb69300..7778f6c23c5 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options target-script is out-of-range.errors.txt	
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/transpile/Report an error when compiler-options target-script is out-of-range.errors.txt	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be:  'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
+error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
 
 
-!!! error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be:  'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
+!!! error TS6046: Argument for '--module' option must be: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es6', 'es2015'
 ==== file.ts (0 errors) ====
     
\ No newline at end of file