diff --git a/Lake/CLI/Help.lean b/Lake/CLI/Help.lean
index 610cb196af..0f42c8fdc3 100644
--- a/Lake/CLI/Help.lean
+++ b/Lake/CLI/Help.lean
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ errors and prints the list of available scripts.
 
 You can pass -h/--help after the script name to print its docstring."
 
-def helpServer :=
+def helpServe :=
 "Start the Lean language server
 
 USAGE:
-  lake server [-- <args>...]
+  lake serve [-- <args>...]
 
 Run the language server of the Lean installation (i.e., via `lean --server`)
 with the package configuration's `moreServerArgs` field and `args`.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def helpCmd : (cmd : String) → String
 | "new"       => helpNew
 | "init"      => helpInit
 | "run"       => helpRun
-| "server"    => helpServer
+| "serve"     => helpServe
 | "configure" => helpConfigure
 | "build"     => helpBuild
 | "clean"     => helpClean
diff --git a/Lake/CLI/Main.lean b/Lake/CLI/Main.lean
index 2be28176ec..38086ab7b0 100644
--- a/Lake/CLI/Main.lean
+++ b/Lake/CLI/Main.lean
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def printPaths (imports : List String := []) : CliM PUnit := do
   else
     exit noConfigFileCode
 
-def server (leanInstall : LeanInstall) (pkg : Package) (args : List String) : CliM PUnit := do
+def serve (leanInstall : LeanInstall) (pkg : Package) (args : List String) : CliM PUnit := do
   let child ← IO.Process.spawn {
     cmd := leanInstall.lean.toString,
     args := #["--server"] ++ pkg.moreServerArgs ++ args
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def command : (cmd : String) → CliM PUnit
 | "new"         => do noArgsRem <| new (← takeArg)
 | "init"        => do noArgsRem <| init (← takeArg)
 | "run"         => do noArgsRem <| script (← loadPkg []) (← takeArg) (← getSubArgs)
-| "server"      => do noArgsRem <| server (← getLeanInstall) (← loadPkg []) (← getSubArgs)
+| "serve"       => do noArgsRem <| serve (← getLeanInstall) (← loadPkg []) (← getSubArgs)
 | "configure"   => do noArgsRem <| configure (← loadPkg (← getSubArgs))
 | "print-paths" => do printPaths (← takeArgs)
 | "build"       => do runBuildM (← loadPkg (← getSubArgs)) <| build (← takeArgs)