diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/ExtractorConfig.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/ExtractorConfig.java
index 538ac1a43679..69823f85af6f 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/ExtractorConfig.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/ExtractorConfig.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public Set<String> getPredefinedGlobals() {
   /** Should textual information be extracted into the lines/4 relation? */
   private boolean extractLines;
 
-  /** Override amount of RAM to allocate to the TypeScript compiler. */
+  /** Override the amount of RAM for the Node.js process.  */
   private int typescriptRam;
 
   /** The default character encoding to use for parsing source files. */
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/Main.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/Main.java
index 03ef253f357e..62a061a52158 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/Main.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/Main.java
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ private ArgsParser addArgs(ArgsParser argsParser) {
     argsParser.addFlag(
         P_TYPESCRIPT_RAM,
         1,
-        "Amount of memory allocated to the TypeScript compiler process. The default is 1G.");
+        "Amount of memory assigned to the Node.js process's V8 old-space limit. The default is 1G.");
     argsParser.addToleratedFlag(P_DEBUG_EXCLUSIONS, 0);
     argsParser.addTrailingParam("files", "Files and directories to extract.");
     return argsParser;
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java
index 17989d859a9c..b54ee7f32332 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class TypeScriptParser {
   /** Metadata requested immediately after starting the TypeScript parser. */
   private TypeScriptParserMetadata metadata;
 
-  /** Sets the amount of RAM to allocate to the TypeScript compiler.s */
+  /** Sets the amount of RAM for the Node.js process's V8 old-space limit.  */
   public void setTypescriptRam(int megabytes) {
     this.typescriptRam = megabytes;
   }
diff --git a/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.cmd b/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.cmd
index 72feddeab124..36365b4caade 100644
--- a/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.cmd
+++ b/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.cmd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
 
 set jvm_args=-Xss16m
 
-rem If CODEQL_RAM is set, use half for Java and half for TS.
+rem If CODEQL_RAM is set, use half for Java and half for Node.js.
 if NOT [%CODEQL_RAM%] == [] (
     set /a "half_ram=CODEQL_RAM/2"
     set LGTM_TYPESCRIPT_RAM=!half_ram!
diff --git a/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.sh b/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.sh
index 7aaaf2878284..4f9fc7858fa9 100755
--- a/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.sh
+++ b/javascript/resources/tools/autobuild.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eu
 
 jvm_args=-Xss16m
 
-# If CODEQL_RAM is set, use half for Java and half for TS.
+# If CODEQL_RAM is set, use half for Java and half for Node.js.
 if [ -n "${CODEQL_RAM:-}" ] ; then
     half_ram="$(( CODEQL_RAM / 2 ))"
     LGTM_TYPESCRIPT_RAM="$half_ram"