diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index d355ff2458322..cc3fb24bdb86d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -6502,6 +6502,8 @@ namespace ts {
                             case "augments":
                                 tag = parseAugmentsTag(atToken, tagName);
                                 break;
+                            case "arg":
+                            case "argument":
                             case "param":
                                 tag = parseParamTag(atToken, tagName);
                                 break;
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts b/src/harness/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts
index 98c32c77778f7..309e49bd6b86b 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/jsDocParsing.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,18 @@ namespace ts {
   */`);
 
 
+                parsesCorrectly("argSynonymForParamTag",
+`/**
+  * @arg {number} name1 Description
+  */`);
+
+
+                parsesCorrectly("argumentSynonymForParamTag",
+`/**
+  * @argument {number} name1 Description
+  */`);
+
+
                 parsesCorrectly("templateTag",
 `/**
   * @template T
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.argSynonymForParamTag.json b/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.argSynonymForParamTag.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..064a040c58fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.argSynonymForParamTag.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+    "kind": "JSDocComment",
+    "pos": 0,
+    "end": 44,
+    "tags": {
+        "0": {
+            "kind": "JSDocParameterTag",
+            "pos": 8,
+            "end": 27,
+            "atToken": {
+                "kind": "AtToken",
+                "pos": 8,
+                "end": 9
+            },
+            "tagName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 9,
+                "end": 12,
+                "text": "arg"
+            },
+            "typeExpression": {
+                "kind": "JSDocTypeExpression",
+                "pos": 13,
+                "end": 21,
+                "type": {
+                    "kind": "NumberKeyword",
+                    "pos": 14,
+                    "end": 20
+                }
+            },
+            "postParameterName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 22,
+                "end": 27,
+                "text": "name1"
+            },
+            "parameterName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 22,
+                "end": 27,
+                "text": "name1"
+            },
+            "comment": "Description"
+        },
+        "length": 1,
+        "pos": 8,
+        "end": 27
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.argumentSynonymForParamTag.json b/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.argumentSynonymForParamTag.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..264b5850223e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/JSDocParsing/DocComments.parsesCorrectly.argumentSynonymForParamTag.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+    "kind": "JSDocComment",
+    "pos": 0,
+    "end": 49,
+    "tags": {
+        "0": {
+            "kind": "JSDocParameterTag",
+            "pos": 8,
+            "end": 32,
+            "atToken": {
+                "kind": "AtToken",
+                "pos": 8,
+                "end": 9
+            },
+            "tagName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 9,
+                "end": 17,
+                "text": "argument"
+            },
+            "typeExpression": {
+                "kind": "JSDocTypeExpression",
+                "pos": 18,
+                "end": 26,
+                "type": {
+                    "kind": "NumberKeyword",
+                    "pos": 19,
+                    "end": 25
+                }
+            },
+            "postParameterName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 27,
+                "end": 32,
+                "text": "name1"
+            },
+            "parameterName": {
+                "kind": "Identifier",
+                "pos": 27,
+                "end": 32,
+                "text": "name1"
+            },
+            "comment": "Description"
+        },
+        "length": 1,
+        "pos": 8,
+        "end": 32
+    }
+}
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