diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index 5f98ba709121fd..fe51c5828469c3 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ and
 .It Fl -trace-events-enabled
 Enable the collection of trace event tracing information.
 .
+.It Fl -trace-exit
+Prints a stack trace whenever an environment is been exited proactively, i.e.
+invoking `process.exit()`.
+.
 .It Fl -trace-sync-io
 Print a stack trace whenever synchronous I/O is detected after the first turn of the event loop.
 .