diff --git a/doc/api/util.markdown b/doc/api/util.markdown
index 2430d8a70d..ee0622ae5e 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/util.markdown
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Output with timestamp on `stdout`.
     require('util').log('Timestamped message.');
 
 
-### util.inspect(object, showHidden=false, depth=2)
+### util.inspect(object, showHidden=false, depth=2, colors=false)
 
 Return a string representation of `object`, which is useful for debugging.
 
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ formatting the object. This is useful for inspecting large complicated objects.
 The default is to only recurse twice.  To make it recurse indefinitely, pass
 in `null` for `depth`.
 
+If `colors` is `true`, the output will be styled with ANSI color codes.
+
 Example of inspecting all properties of the `util` object:
 
     var util = require('util');