diff --git a/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat b/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
index f44af2219..19b2a0643 100755
--- a/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
+++ b/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ echo   --numeric-version   print the numeric sbt version (sbt sbtVersion)
 echo   --script-version    print the version of sbt script
 echo   -d ^| --debug        set sbt log level to debug
 echo   -debug-inc ^| --debug-inc
-echo                       enable extra debugging for the incremental debugger
+echo                       enable extra debugging for the incremental compiler
 echo   --no-colors         disable ANSI color codes
 echo   --color=auto^|always^|true^|false^|never
 echo                       enable or disable ANSI color codes      ^(sbt 1.3 and above^)
diff --git a/sbt b/sbt
index db84d8d7c..a7daac3ea 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/sbt
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ Usage: `basename "$0"` [options]
   shutdownall         shutdown all running sbt-launch processes
   -d | --debug        set sbt log level to debug
   -debug-inc | --debug-inc
-                      enable extra debugging for the incremental debugger
+                      enable extra debugging for the incremental compiler
   --no-colors         disable ANSI color codes
   --color=auto|always|true|false|never
                       enable or disable ANSI color codes      (sbt 1.3 and above)