diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index 3fb80e91987071..c6ab0e14a498ed 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ the native addon.
 
 #### node-gyp
 
-[node-gyp][] is a build system based on Google's [GYP][] tool and comes
+[node-gyp][] is a build system based on the [gyp-next][] fork of Google's GYP tool and comes
 bundled with npm. GYP, and therefore node-gyp, requires that Python be
 installed.
 
@@ -6091,6 +6091,7 @@ the add-on's file name during loading.
 [context-aware addons]: addons.md#addons_context_aware_addons
 [docs]: https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api#api-documentation
 [global scope]: globals.md
+[gyp-next]: https://github.com/nodejs/gyp-next
 [module scope]: modules.md#modules_the_module_scope
 [node-gyp]: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp
 [node-pre-gyp]: https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp