diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 6b7d451d682d1c..8adb33efb7b06e 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ To view this documentation as a manual page in a terminal, run `man node`.
 
 `node [options] [V8 options] [script.js | -e "script" | -] [--] [arguments]`
 
-`node debug [script.js | -e "script" | <host>:<port>] …`
+`node inspect [script.js | -e "script" | <host>:<port>] …`
 
 `node --v8-options`
 
 Execute without arguments to start the [REPL][].
 
-_For more info about `node debug`, please see the [debugger][] documentation._
+_For more info about `node inspect`, please see the [debugger][] documentation._
 
 ## Options
 
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index e437cc2e2ae81b..8e6616ad969ecc 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 .Op Ar arguments ...
 .
 .Nm node
-.Cm debug
+.Cm inspect
 .Op Fl e Ar string | Ar script.js | Fl | Ar <host>:<port>
 .Ar ...
 .