diff --git a/doc/api/worker_threads.md b/doc/api/worker_threads.md
index 2a6384be2cafbb..b64c997d877c87 100644
--- a/doc/api/worker_threads.md
+++ b/doc/api/worker_threads.md
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ if (isMainThread) {
 * `options` {Object}
   * `eval` {boolean} If true, interpret the first argument to the constructor
     as a script that is executed once the worker is online.
-  * `data` {any} Any JavaScript value that will be cloned and made
+  * `workerData` {any} Any JavaScript value that will be cloned and made
     available as [`require('worker_threads').workerData`][]. The cloning will
     occur as described in the [HTML structured clone algorithm][], and an error
     will be thrown if the object cannot be cloned (e.g. because it contains