diff --git a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-dwarfdump.rst b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-dwarfdump.rst
index 27ad4226e6cf9..137830259eb64 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-dwarfdump.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-dwarfdump.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ OPTIONS
 .. option:: -n <name>, --name=<name>
 
             Find and print all debug info entries whose name
-            (`DW_AT_name` attribute) is <name>.
+            (`DW_AT_name`/`DW_AT_linkage_name` attribute) is <name>.
 
 .. option:: --lookup=<address>
 
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/llvm-dwarfdump.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/llvm-dwarfdump.cpp
index 79f05278c329d..11eb58ea911df 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/llvm-dwarfdump.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/llvm-dwarfdump.cpp
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ static alias IgnoreCaseAlias("i", desc("Alias for --ignore-case."),
                              aliasopt(IgnoreCase), cl::NotHidden);
 static list<std::string> Name(
     "name",
-    desc("Find and print all debug info entries whose name (DW_AT_name "
-         "attribute) matches the exact text in <pattern>.  When used with the "
-         "the -regex option <pattern> is interpreted as a regular expression."),
+    desc("Find and print all debug info entries whose name "
+         "(DW_AT_name/DW_AT_linkage_name attribute) matches the exact text "
+         "in <pattern>.  When used with the the -regex option <pattern> is "
+         "interpreted as a regular expression."),
     value_desc("pattern"), cat(DwarfDumpCategory));
 static alias NameAlias("n", desc("Alias for --name"), aliasopt(Name),
                        cl::NotHidden);