diff --git a/docs/testing/testing.md b/docs/testing/testing.md
index 41771eb751..039274c602 100644
--- a/docs/testing/testing.md
+++ b/docs/testing/testing.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ something valuable to helping keep Zulip bug-free.
 - Or, when running the test suite, if you get an error involving Git that looks like this:
 
   ```
-      commit_messages| An error occurred while executing '/usr/bin/git rev-list --max-count=-1 upstream/master..HEAD': b"fatal: ambiguous argument 'upstream/master..HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\nUse '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:\n'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'"
+      gitlint| An error occurred while executing '/usr/bin/git rev-list --max-count=-1 upstream/master..HEAD': b"fatal: ambiguous argument 'upstream/master..HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\nUse '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:\n'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'"
   ```
 
   ... then you may need to connect the Zulip upstream repository with the following command:
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index bd58150e4a..b11acfb404 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def run():
 
     # Disabled check for imperative mood until it is stabilized
     if 'gitlint' not in args.skip:
-        linter_config.external_linter('commit_messages', ['tools/commit-message-lint'])
+        linter_config.external_linter('gitlint', ['tools/commit-message-lint'])
 
     @linter_config.lint
     def custom_py():