diff --git a/lib/std/build.zig b/lib/std/build.zig
index 02774c6dad..22f454adca 100644
--- a/lib/std/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build.zig
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub const Builder = struct {
     verbose_ast: bool,
     verbose_link: bool,
     verbose_cc: bool,
-    verbose_ir: bool,
+    verbose_air: bool,
     verbose_llvm_ir: bool,
     verbose_cimport: bool,
     verbose_llvm_cpu_features: bool,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pub const Builder = struct {
             .verbose_ast = false,
             .verbose_link = false,
             .verbose_cc = false,
-            .verbose_ir = false,
+            .verbose_air = false,
             .verbose_llvm_ir = false,
             .verbose_cimport = false,
             .verbose_llvm_cpu_features = false,
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
         if (builder.verbose_tokenize) zig_args.append("--verbose-tokenize") catch unreachable;
         if (builder.verbose_ast) zig_args.append("--verbose-ast") catch unreachable;
         if (builder.verbose_cimport) zig_args.append("--verbose-cimport") catch unreachable;
-        if (builder.verbose_ir) zig_args.append("--verbose-ir") catch unreachable;
+        if (builder.verbose_air) zig_args.append("--verbose-air") catch unreachable;
         if (builder.verbose_llvm_ir) zig_args.append("--verbose-llvm-ir") catch unreachable;
         if (builder.verbose_link or self.verbose_link) zig_args.append("--verbose-link") catch unreachable;
         if (builder.verbose_cc or self.verbose_cc) zig_args.append("--verbose-cc") catch unreachable;
diff --git a/lib/std/special/build_runner.zig b/lib/std/special/build_runner.zig
index 20f72d2674..2da273a673 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/build_runner.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/build_runner.zig
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                 builder.verbose_ast = true;
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--verbose-link")) {
                 builder.verbose_link = true;
-            } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--verbose-ir")) {
-                builder.verbose_ir = true;
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--verbose-air")) {
+                builder.verbose_air = true;
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--verbose-llvm-ir")) {
                 builder.verbose_llvm_ir = true;
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--verbose-cimport")) {
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ fn usage(builder: *Builder, already_ran_build: bool, out_stream: anytype) !void
         \\  --verbose-tokenize           Enable compiler debug output for tokenization
         \\  --verbose-ast                Enable compiler debug output for parsing into an AST
         \\  --verbose-link               Enable compiler debug output for linking
-        \\  --verbose-ir                 Enable compiler debug output for Zig IR
+        \\  --verbose-air                Enable compiler debug output for Zig AIR
         \\  --verbose-llvm-ir            Enable compiler debug output for LLVM IR
         \\  --verbose-cimport            Enable compiler debug output for C imports
         \\  --verbose-cc                 Enable compiler debug output for C compilation