diff --git a/docs/testing-overview.md b/docs/testing-overview.md
index 3c09db1615bd31..98065a2b10421b 100644
--- a/docs/testing-overview.md
+++ b/docs/testing-overview.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Assuming you've followed the instructions above to install Node and project depe
 npm test
 ```
 
-Code style in JavaScript is enforced using [ESLint](http://eslint.org/). The above `npm test` will execute both unit tests and code linting. Code linting can be verified independently by running `npm run lint`.
+Code style in JavaScript is enforced using [ESLint](http://eslint.org/). The above `npm test` will execute both unit tests and code linting. Code linting can be verified independently by running `npm run lint`. ESLint can also fix not all, but many issues automatically by running `npm run lint:fix`.
 
 To run unit tests only, without the linter, use `npm run test-unit` instead.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 357695471aa4bd..6cc33d78c5bdf4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 		"build": "cross-env BABEL_ENV=default NODE_ENV=production webpack",
 		"gettext-strings": "cross-env BABEL_ENV=gettext webpack",
 		"lint": "eslint .",
+		"lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
 		"lint-php": "docker-compose run --rm composer run-script lint",
 		"predev": "check-node-version --package",
 		"dev": "cross-env BABEL_ENV=default webpack --watch",