diff --git a/cmd/ddev/cmd/compose-config_test.go b/cmd/ddev/cmd/compose-config_test.go
index fa4e6e852bc..dd45c09c353 100644
--- a/cmd/ddev/cmd/compose-config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/ddev/cmd/compose-config_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestComposeConfigCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := exec.RunCommand(DdevBin, args)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Ensure ddev compose-config works as expected
+	// Ensure ddev debug compose-config works as expected
 	args = []string{"debug", "compose-config"}
 	out, err := exec.RunCommand(DdevBin, args)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestComposeConfigCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(overrideFile, []byte(override), 0644)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Ensure ddev compose-config includes override values
+	// Ensure ddev debug compose-config includes override values
 	args = []string{"debug", "compose-config"}
 	out, err = exec.RunCommand(DdevBin, args)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/docs/users/extend/custom-compose-files.md b/docs/users/extend/custom-compose-files.md
index eeffeff8ac4..d2ed4260dda 100644
--- a/docs/users/extend/custom-compose-files.md
+++ b/docs/users/extend/custom-compose-files.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The main docker-compose.yaml file is exclusively reserved for ddev's use, and wi
 
 ## Confirming docker-compose configurations
 
-To better understand how ddev is parsing your custom docker-compose files, you can run `ddev compose-config` to print the final docker-compose configuration as generated by ddev when starting your project.
+To better understand how ddev is parsing your custom docker-compose files, you can run `ddev debug compose-config` to print the final docker-compose configuration as generated by ddev when starting your project.
 
 ## Conventions for defining additional services