diff --git a/doc/api/tracing.md b/doc/api/tracing.md
index 7b30672ecce6af..228d3a6678482c 100644
--- a/doc/api/tracing.md
+++ b/doc/api/tracing.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ The available categories are:
     measures and marks.
   * `node.perf.timerify` - Enables capture of only Performance API timerify
     measurements.
+* `node.fs.sync` - Enables capture of trace data for file system sync methods.
 * `v8` - The [V8] events are GC, compiling, and execution related.
 
 By default the `node`, `node.async_hooks`, and `v8` categories are enabled.