diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.md b/doc/api/dgram.md
index da267926f37cd1..53df74120849d5 100644
--- a/doc/api/dgram.md
+++ b/doc/api/dgram.md
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ if the socket is not connected.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.99
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39190
+    description: The `address` parameter now only accepts a `string`, `null`
+                 or `undefined`.
   - version:
     - v14.5.0
     - v12.19.0
@@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ If `msg` is an array, `offset` and `length` must not be specified.
 
 The `address` argument is a string. If the value of `address` is a host name,
 DNS will be used to resolve the address of the host. If `address` is not
-provided or otherwise falsy, `'127.0.0.1'` (for `udp4` sockets) or `'::1'`
+provided or otherwise nullish, `'127.0.0.1'` (for `udp4` sockets) or `'::1'`
 (for `udp6` sockets) will be used by default.
 
 If the socket has not been previously bound with a call to `bind`, the socket
diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index c515c551427d98..931d9a49544dcc 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ Socket.prototype.send = function(buffer,
   if (typeof address === 'function') {
     callback = address;
     address = undefined;
-  } else if (address && typeof address !== 'string') {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('address', ['string', 'falsy'], address);
+  } else if (address != null) {
+    validateString(address, 'address');
   }
 
   healthCheck(this);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-address-types.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-address-types.js
index a88ef088dcf8a9..a31e53f9038fbb 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-address-types.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-address-types.js
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ const dgram = require('dgram');
 
 const buf = Buffer.from('test');
 
+const defaultCases = ['', null, undefined];
+
 const onMessage = common.mustSucceed((bytes) => {
   assert.strictEqual(bytes, buf.length);
-}, 6);
+}, defaultCases.length + 1);
 
 const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4').bind(0, () => {
   const port = client.address().port;
 
   // Check valid addresses
-  [false, '', null, 0, undefined].forEach((address) => {
+  defaultCases.forEach((address) => {
     client.send(buf, port, address, onMessage);
   });
 
@@ -21,11 +23,21 @@ const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4').bind(0, () => {
   client.send(buf, port, onMessage);
 
   // Check invalid addresses
-  [[], 1, true].forEach((invalidInput) => {
+  [
+    [],
+    0,
+    1,
+    true,
+    false,
+    0n,
+    1n,
+    {},
+    Symbol(),
+  ].forEach((invalidInput) => {
     const expectedError = {
       code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
       name: 'TypeError',
-      message: 'The "address" argument must be of type string or falsy.' +
+      message: 'The "address" argument must be of type string.' +
                `${common.invalidArgTypeHelper(invalidInput)}`
     };
     assert.throws(() => client.send(buf, port, invalidInput), expectedError);