diff --git a/spacy/cli/debug_data.py b/spacy/cli/debug_data.py
index c894788cb..8c77f7356 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/debug_data.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/debug_data.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def debug_data(
     else:
         msg.text(f"Starting with blank model '{lang}'")
     msg.text(f"{len(train_dataset)} training docs")
-    msg.text(f"{len(gold_dev_data)} evaluation docs")
+    msg.text(f"{len(dev_dataset)} evaluation docs")
 
     if not len(gold_dev_data):
         msg.fail("No evaluation docs")