diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28b3e08..ba667d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Here is a short example:
 The full set of options can be found at `src/nix/eval.nix`.
 Run `colmena build` in the same directory to build the configuration, or do `colmena apply` to build and deploy it to all nodes.
 
-## `colmena introspect`
+## `colmena eval`
 
 Sometimes you may want to extract values from your Hive configuration for consumption in another program (e.g., [OctoDNS](https://github.com/octodns/octodns)).
 To do that, create a `.nix` file with a lambda:
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ lib.attrsets.mapAttrs (k: v: v.config.deployment.targetHost) nodes
 Then you can evaluate with:
 
 ```
-colmena introspect your-lambda.nix
+colmena eval your-lambda.nix
 ```
 
 ## `colmena apply-local`
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 6f48166..c8e1043 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -65,12 +65,15 @@ For a sample configuration, see <https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena>.
                 .index(1)
                 .required(true)
                 .takes_value(true)));
+
+        // deprecated alias
+        app = app.subcommand(command::eval::deprecated_alias());
     }
 
     register_command!(apply, app);
     register_command!(apply_local, app);
     register_command!(build, app);
-    register_command!(introspect, app);
+    register_command!(eval, app);
     register_command!(upload_keys, app);
     register_command!(exec, app);
     register_command!(nix_info, app);
@@ -85,11 +88,14 @@ pub async fn run() {
     handle_command!(apply, matches);
     handle_command!("apply-local", apply_local, matches);
     handle_command!(build, matches);
-    handle_command!(introspect, matches);
+    handle_command!(eval, matches);
     handle_command!("upload-keys", upload_keys, matches);
     handle_command!(exec, matches);
     handle_command!("nix-info", nix_info, matches);
 
+    // deprecated alias
+    handle_command!("introspect", eval, matches);
+
     if let Some(args) = matches.subcommand_matches("gen-completions") {
         return gen_completions(args);
     }
diff --git a/src/command/introspect.rs b/src/command/eval.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from src/command/introspect.rs
rename to src/command/eval.rs
index 3c6e3f1..4e2c4f3 100644
--- a/src/command/introspect.rs
+++ b/src/command/eval.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use clap::{Arg, App, SubCommand, ArgMatches};
+use clap::{Arg, App, AppSettings, SubCommand, ArgMatches};
 
 use crate::util;
 
 pub fn subcommand() -> App<'static, 'static> {
-    SubCommand::with_name("introspect")
+    SubCommand::with_name("eval")
         .about("Evaluate expressions using the complete configuration")
         .long_about(r#"Evaluate expressions using the complete configuration
 
@@ -31,7 +31,17 @@ For example, to retrieve the configuration of one node, you may write something
             .takes_value(false))
 }
 
-pub async fn run(_global_args: &ArgMatches<'_>, local_args: &ArgMatches<'_>) {
+pub fn deprecated_alias() -> App<'static, 'static> {
+    subcommand()
+        .name("introspect")
+        .setting(AppSettings::Hidden)
+}
+
+pub async fn run(global_args: &ArgMatches<'_>, local_args: &ArgMatches<'_>) {
+    if let Some("introspect") = global_args.subcommand_name() {
+        log::warn!("`colmena introspect` has been renamed to `colmena eval`. Please update your scripts.");
+    }
+
     let hive = util::hive_from_args(local_args).await.unwrap();
 
     if !(local_args.is_present("expression") ^ local_args.is_present("expression_file")) {
diff --git a/src/command/mod.rs b/src/command/mod.rs
index 7868eb7..33c8ff7 100644
--- a/src/command/mod.rs
+++ b/src/command/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pub mod build;
 pub mod apply;
-pub mod introspect;
+pub mod eval;
 pub mod apply_local;
 pub mod upload_keys;
 pub mod exec;