diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index 9c784ba2a382c1..9ccfeb9cb74f9c 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -4994,12 +4994,12 @@ napiVersion: 1
 
 ```C
 napi_status napi_is_promise(napi_env env,
-                            napi_value promise,
+                            napi_value value,
                             bool* is_promise);
 ```
 
 * `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
-* `[in] promise`: The promise to examine
+* `[in] value`: The value to examine
 * `[out] is_promise`: Flag indicating whether `promise` is a native promise
   object (that is, a promise object created by the underlying engine).
 
diff --git a/src/js_native_api.h b/src/js_native_api.h
index f749232e07c749..cb69fde5d1990e 100644
--- a/src/js_native_api.h
+++ b/src/js_native_api.h
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ NAPI_EXTERN napi_status napi_reject_deferred(napi_env env,
                                              napi_deferred deferred,
                                              napi_value rejection);
 NAPI_EXTERN napi_status napi_is_promise(napi_env env,
-                                        napi_value promise,
+                                        napi_value value,
                                         bool* is_promise);
 
 // Running a script
diff --git a/src/js_native_api_v8.cc b/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
index 6a528e3827bbd9..24d9bc86556c10 100644
--- a/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
+++ b/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
@@ -2999,13 +2999,13 @@ napi_status napi_reject_deferred(napi_env env,
 }
 
 napi_status napi_is_promise(napi_env env,
-                            napi_value promise,
+                            napi_value value,
                             bool* is_promise) {
   CHECK_ENV(env);
-  CHECK_ARG(env, promise);
+  CHECK_ARG(env, value);
   CHECK_ARG(env, is_promise);
 
-  *is_promise = v8impl::V8LocalValueFromJsValue(promise)->IsPromise();
+  *is_promise = v8impl::V8LocalValueFromJsValue(value)->IsPromise();
 
   return napi_clear_last_error(env);
 }