diff --git a/cli/js/internals.ts b/cli/js/internals.ts
index 174e9a0d41..a675c5d7fb 100644
--- a/cli/js/internals.ts
+++ b/cli/js/internals.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-export const internalSymbol = Symbol("Deno.internal");
+export const internalSymbol = Symbol("Deno.symbols.internal");
 
 // The object where all the internal fields for testing will be living.
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/console_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/console_test.ts
index 88902f84be..43378e2cab 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/console_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/console_test.ts
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ unitTest(function consoleTestWithCustomInspectorError(): void {
   assertEquals(stringify(new B({ a: "a" })), "a");
   assertEquals(
     stringify(B.prototype),
-    "{ Symbol(Deno.customInspect): [Function: [Deno.customInspect]] }"
+    "{ Symbol(Deno.symbols.customInspect): [Function: [Deno.symbols.customInspect]] }"
   );
 });
 
diff --git a/cli/js/web/console.ts b/cli/js/web/console.ts
index 7f320398cf..0611478871 100644
--- a/cli/js/web/console.ts
+++ b/cli/js/web/console.ts
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ export class Console {
   }
 }
 
-export const customInspect = Symbol.for("Deno.customInspect");
+export const customInspect = Symbol("Deno.symbols.customInspect");
 
 export function inspect(
   value: unknown,