diff --git a/Aliases/php@8.1-debug b/Aliases/php@8.1-debug
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..44bcb5fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Aliases/php@8.1-debug
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Formula/php-debug.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Formula/php@8.1-debug.rb b/Formula/php-debug.rb
similarity index 99%
rename from Formula/php@8.1-debug.rb
rename to Formula/php-debug.rb
index dddb963c1..4b299a59e 100644
--- a/Formula/php@8.1-debug.rb
+++ b/Formula/php-debug.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class PhpAT81Debug < Formula
+class PhpDebug < Formula
   desc "General-purpose scripting language"
   homepage "https://www.php.net/"
   # Should only be updated if the new version is announced on the homepage, https://www.php.net/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78beecb35..690da8bd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PHP 7.2|`php@7.2`|`php@7.2-debug`|
 PHP 7.3|`php@7.3`|`php@7.3-debug`|
 PHP 7.4|`php@7.4`|`php@7.4-debug`|
 PHP 8.0|`php@8.0`|`php@8.0-debug`|
-PHP 8.1|`php` or `php@8.1`|`php@8.1-debug`|
+PHP 8.1|`php` or `php@8.1`|`php-debug` or `php@8.1-debug`|
 PHP 8.2.0-dev|`php@8.2`|`php@8.2-debug`|
 
 ### Debug versions