diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index 6698188c1305cc..33a1692fa07b58 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -1003,6 +1003,14 @@ added: v15.0.0
 
 An attempt to invoke an unsupported crypto operation was made.
 
+<a id="ERR_DEBUGGER_ERROR"></a>
+### `ERR_DEBUGGER_ERROR`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+An error occurred with the [debugger][].
+
 <a id="ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED"></a>
 ### `ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED`
 <!-- YAML
@@ -2827,6 +2835,7 @@ The native call from `process.cpuUsage` could not be processed.
 [`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 a226b2d6898d4c..a32895a9488f2c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ 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 ' +