diff --git a/script/i18n/lint-translation-files.js b/script/i18n/lint-translation-files.js
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 651be7ce384c..efa300443ed3
--- a/script/i18n/lint-translation-files.js
+++ b/script/i18n/lint-translation-files.js
@@ -2,42 +2,73 @@
 
 // [start-readme]
 //
-// Use this script as part of the Crowdin merge process to output a list of parsing and rendering
-// errors in translated files and run script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js on them.
+// Use this script as part of the Crowdin merge process to output a list of either parsing
+// or rendering errors in translated files and run script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js on them.
 //
 // [end-readme]
 
 import { execSync } from 'child_process'
+import program from 'commander'
 
-const parsingErrorsLog = '~/docs-translation-parsing-error.txt'
-const renderErrorsLog = '~/docs-translation-rendering-error.txt'
-
-// 1. Check for parsing errors and output to file. Note this one must be run FIRST.
-console.log('Checking for parsing errors...')
-try {
-  execSync(`TEST_TRANSLATION=true npx jest linting/lint-files > ${parsingErrorsLog}`)
-} catch (error) {
-  console.log('There were new parsing errors!')
+// Set up supported linting check types and their corresponding commands.
+const CHECK_COMMANDS = {
+  parsing: 'TEST_TRANSLATION=true npx jest linting/lint-files',
+  rendering: 'script/i18n/test-render-translation.js',
 }
+const SUPPORTED_CHECK_TYPES = Object.keys(CHECK_COMMANDS)
+const CHECK_TYPE_DESCRIPTION = `Specify no more than one of the supported checks: ${SUPPORTED_CHECK_TYPES.join(
+  ', '
+)}`
+
+// Initialize a new program for linting translation files, requiring a check type.
+program
+  .description('lint translation files')
+  .requiredOption('-c, --check <type>', CHECK_TYPE_DESCRIPTION)
+  .parse(process.argv)
+
+// Cache a reference to the client's specified check type.
+const specifiedCheckType = program.opts().check
 
-// 2. Check for rendering errors and output to file. Note this one must be run SECOND.
-console.log('Checking for rendering errors...')
-try {
-  execSync(`script/i18n/test-render-translation.js > ${renderErrorsLog}`)
-} catch (error) {
-  console.log('There were new rendering errors!')
+if (SUPPORTED_CHECK_TYPES.includes(specifiedCheckType)) {
+  // Lint and reset the files based on a supported check type.
+  lintAndResetFiles(specifiedCheckType)
+} else {
+  // Otherwise, print an error message.
+  console.error(`
+    ${specifiedCheckType} is not a supported check type.
+    ${CHECK_TYPE_DESCRIPTION}
+  `)
 }
 
-// Reset the broken files.
-console.log('Resetting broken files...')
-execSync(
-  `cat ${parsingErrorsLog} ${renderErrorsLog} | egrep "^translations/.*/(.+.md|.+.yml)$" | uniq | xargs -L1 script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js --prefer-main`
-)
-
-// Print a message with next steps.
-console.log(`Success!
-  
-Verify changes with git status and then run: 
-  
-git commit --no-verify -m "Reverted translated files with parsing and rendering errors"
-`)
+/**
+ * Lint and reset the files based on the specified check type.
+ * @param {string} checkType
+ * @return {undefined}
+ */
+function lintAndResetFiles(checkType) {
+  console.log(`Running ${checkType} check...`)
+
+  const log = `~/docs-translation-${checkType}-error.txt`
+  const cmd = `${CHECK_COMMANDS[checkType]} > ${log}`
+
+  // Lint the files based on the check type and output the errors to a log file.
+  try {
+    execSync(cmd[checkType])
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`There were new ${checkType} errors!`)
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Reset the files
+  execSync(
+    `cat ${log} | egrep "^translations/.*/(.+.md|.+.yml)$" | uniq | xargs -L1 script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js --prefer-main`
+  )
+
+  // Print a message with next steps
+  console.log(`Success!
+
+  Verify changes with git status and then run:
+
+  git commit --no-verify -m "Reverted translated files with ${checkType} errors"
+  `)
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/pages.js b/tests/unit/pages.js
index b0a2c545cdad..4a8f0454173f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pages.js
+++ b/tests/unit/pages.js
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ describe('pages module', () => {
         .value()
 
       const diff = difference(nonEnglishPaths, englishPaths)
-      const failureMessage = `Unmatched non-English pages ${diff.length}:\n - ${diff.join('\n - ')}`
+      const failureMessage = `
+Found ${diff.length} non-English pages without a matching English page:\n - ${diff.join('\n - ')}
+
+Remove them with script/i18n/prune-stale-files.js and commit your changes using "git commit --no-verify".
+`
       expect(diff.length, failureMessage).toBe(0)
     })
   })