diff --git a/AK/DistinctNumeric.h b/AK/DistinctNumeric.h
index 1e0525ae7e9..a106cb9a033 100644
--- a/AK/DistinctNumeric.h
+++ b/AK/DistinctNumeric.h
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ public:
     }
     constexpr Self& operator-=(Self const& other)
     {
-        static_assert(options.arithmetic, "'a+=b' is only available for DistinctNumeric types with 'Arithmetic'.");
-        this->m_value += other.m_value;
+        static_assert(options.arithmetic, "'a-=b' is only available for DistinctNumeric types with 'Arithmetic'.");
+        this->m_value -= other.m_value;
         return *this;
     }
     constexpr Self& operator*=(Self const& other)
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestDistinctNumeric.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestDistinctNumeric.cpp
index e8b398b7402..210faee8e5e 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestDistinctNumeric.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestDistinctNumeric.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ TEST_CASE(operator_arith)
     EXPECT_EQ(a, ArithNumeric(1));
     EXPECT_EQ(a %= a, ArithNumeric(0));
     EXPECT_EQ(a, ArithNumeric(0));
+
+    a = ArithNumeric(12);
+    EXPECT_EQ(a -= a, ArithNumeric(0));
+    EXPECT_EQ(a, ArithNumeric(0));
 }
 
 TEST_CASE(composability)