diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index 7828d5a688e5c1..68c91587ffdebe 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -876,6 +876,14 @@ An unknown cipher was specified.
 An unknown Diffie-Hellman group name was given. See
 [`crypto.getDiffieHellman()`][] for a list of valid group names.
 
+<a id="ERR_DEBUGGER_ERROR"></a>
+### `ERR_DEBUGGER_ERROR`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+An error occurred with the [debugger][].
+
 <a id="ERR_DIR_CLOSED"></a>
 ### `ERR_DIR_CLOSED`
 
@@ -2599,6 +2607,7 @@ closed.
 [`util.getSystemErrorName(error.errno)`]: util.md#util_util_getsystemerrorname_err
 [`zlib`]: zlib.md
 [crypto digest algorithm]: crypto.md#crypto_crypto_gethashes
+[debugger]: debugger.md
 [define a custom subpath]: packages.md#packages_subpath_exports
 [domains]: domain.md
 [event emitter-based]: events.md#events_class_eventemitter
diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 31f569f5e57e6a..5e6c57efcadb39 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ E('ERR_CRYPTO_SCRYPT_INVALID_PARAMETER', 'Invalid scrypt parameter', Error);
 E('ERR_CRYPTO_SCRYPT_NOT_SUPPORTED', 'Scrypt algorithm not supported', Error);
 // Switch to TypeError. The current implementation does not seem right.
 E('ERR_CRYPTO_SIGN_KEY_REQUIRED', 'No key provided to sign', Error);
+E('ERR_DEBUGGER_ERROR', '%s', Error);
 E('ERR_DIR_CLOSED', 'Directory handle was closed', Error);
 E('ERR_DIR_CONCURRENT_OPERATION',
   'Cannot do synchronous work on directory handle with concurrent ' +