diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 1140e9b5ddff..7cf681b8b8cd 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@
 
 - `ast-grep` remove `sg` command to prevent conflict with `sg` command from shadow-utils. If you need legacy sg command compatibility with old code, you can use `ast-grep.override { enableLegacySg = true; }`
 
+- rename package `wtf` to `wtfutil`.
+
 - `python3Packages.beancount` was updated to 3.1.0. Previous major version remains available as `python3Packages.beancount_2`.
 
 - `binwalk` was updated to 3.1.0, which has been rewritten in rust. The python module is no longer available.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix
similarity index 96%
rename from pkgs/by-name/wt/wtf/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix
index 6bb27c9f932c..0648c72d9504 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfutil/package.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "wtf";
+  pname = "wtfutil";
   version = "0.43.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wtfutil";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "wtf";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-DFrA4bx+wSOxmt1CVA1oNiYVmcWeW6wpfR5F1tnhyDY=";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8ccf7791d8c6..2f12b0bbc463 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@ mapAliases {
   wmii_hg = wmii;
   wrapGAppsHook = wrapGAppsHook3; # Added 2024-03-26
   write_stylus = styluslabs-write-bin; # Added 2024-10-09
+  wtf = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'wtf' has been renamed to 'wtfutil'." wtfutil; # Added 2025-03-01
 
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