diff --git a/docs/documentation/api.md b/docs/documentation/api.md
index 6115054810..233349efa1 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/api.md
+++ b/docs/documentation/api.md
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ above.
    declared using `REQ`.
 
    You can check your formatting using two helpful tools.
-   * `tools/check-swagger` will verify the syntax of `zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml`.
+   * `tools/check-openapi` will verify the syntax of `zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml`.
    * `test-backend zerver/tests/test_openapi.py`; this test compares
       your documentation against the code and can find many common
       mistakes in how arguments are declared.
diff --git a/tools/check-swagger b/tools/check-openapi
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/check-swagger
rename to tools/check-openapi
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index e212e8bc58..3b43b370a1 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def run():
                                   description="Custom linter checks whitespace formatting"
                                   "of HTML templates.",
                                   fix_arg='--fix')
-    linter_config.external_linter('swagger', ['node', 'tools/check-swagger'], ['yaml'],
+    linter_config.external_linter('openapi', ['node', 'tools/check-openapi'], ['yaml'],
                                   description="Validates our OpenAPI/Swagger API documentation"
                                   "(zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml) ")
     linter_config.external_linter('shellcheck', ['shellcheck', '-x'], ['sh'],