diff --git a/.changeset/fair-lamps-fix.md b/.changeset/fair-lamps-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..018c882e812e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-lamps-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix the default value for keep_names (`true`)
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/config/environment.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/config/environment.ts
index 705a3a746609..b82bf2be004f 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/config/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/config/environment.ts
@@ -358,9 +358,11 @@ interface EnvironmentInheritable {
 	minify: boolean | undefined;
 
 	/**
-	 * Keep function names after javascript transpilations.
+	 * Set the `name` property to the original name for functions and classes renamed during minification.
 	 *
-	 * @default {true}
+	 * See https://esbuild.github.io/api/#keep-names
+	 *
+	 * @default true
 	 * @inheritable
 	 */
 	keep_names: boolean | undefined;