diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/StatsGroup.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/StatsGroup.js
index 1091dd2d288..e0c8221831a 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/StatsGroup.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/StatsGroup.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { logger } = require('@webpack-cli/logger');
  */
 class StatsGroup extends GroupHelper {
     static validOptions() {
-        return ['minimal', 'none', 'normal', 'verbose', 'errors-warnings', 'errors-only'];
+        return ['none', 'errors-only', 'minimal', 'normal', 'detailed', 'verbose', 'errors-warnings'];
     }
 
     constructor(options) {
diff --git a/test/stats/stats.test.js b/test/stats/stats.test.js
index b0b27c278ad..b6faa4fcabe 100644
--- a/test/stats/stats.test.js
+++ b/test/stats/stats.test.js
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ describe('stats flag', () => {
         expect(stdout).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it('should accept stats "detailed"', () => {
+        const { stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--stats', 'detailed']);
+        expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(stdout).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
     it('should warn when an unknown flag stats value is passed', () => {
         const { stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--stats', 'foo']);
         expect(stderr).toBeTruthy();