diff --git a/internal/getproviders/errors.go b/internal/getproviders/errors.go
index c612dedf2c..7d2720c0f8 100644
--- a/internal/getproviders/errors.go
+++ b/internal/getproviders/errors.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 
 	svchost "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/addrs"
 )
 
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ func (err ErrQueryFailed) Unwrap() error {
 	return err.Wrapped
 }
 
-// ErrRequestCancelled is an error type used to indicate that an operation
+// ErrRequestCanceled is an error type used to indicate that an operation
 // failed due to being cancelled via the given context.Context object.
 //
 // This error type doesn't include information about what was cancelled,
diff --git a/internal/providercache/installer_test.go b/internal/providercache/installer_test.go
index 1cd2d71b39..9176305594 100644
--- a/internal/providercache/installer_test.go
+++ b/internal/providercache/installer_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	svchost "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost/disco"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/addrs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/depsfile"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/getproviders"
@@ -1401,7 +1402,7 @@ func TestEnsureProviderVersions(t *testing.T) {
 				beepProvider: getproviders.MustParseVersionConstraints(">= 1.0.0"),
 			},
 			WantErr: `some providers could not be installed:
-- example.com/foo/beep: the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms)`,
+- example.com/foo/beep: the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms); for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification`,
 			WantEvents: func(inst *Installer, dir *Dir) map[addrs.Provider][]*testInstallerEventLogItem {
 				return map[addrs.Provider][]*testInstallerEventLogItem{
 					noProvider: {
@@ -1447,7 +1448,7 @@ func TestEnsureProviderVersions(t *testing.T) {
 								Error   string
 							}{
 								"1.0.0",
-								`the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms)`,
+								`the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms); for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification`,
 							},
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/internal/providercache/package_install.go b/internal/providercache/package_install.go
index 3aa776d024..c311160664 100644
--- a/internal/providercache/package_install.go
+++ b/internal/providercache/package_install.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func installFromLocalArchive(ctx context.Context, meta getproviders.PackageMeta,
 			)
 		} else if !matches {
 			return authResult, fmt.Errorf(
-				"the current package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file",
+				"the current package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file; for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification",
 				meta.Provider, meta.Version,
 			)
 		}
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func installFromLocalDir(ctx context.Context, meta getproviders.PackageMeta, tar
 			)
 		} else if !matches {
 			return authResult, fmt.Errorf(
-				"the local package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms)",
+				"the local package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms); for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification",
 				meta.Provider, meta.Version,
 			)
 		}