diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index a849cd3d5b7bfa..b666acedb14287 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ const tmpDir = '/tmp';
fs.mkdtemp(tmpDir, (err, folder) => {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(folder);
- // Will print something similar to `/tmp-abc123`.
+ // Will print something similar to `/tmpabc123`.
// Note that a new temporary directory is created
// at the file system root rather than *within*
// the /tmp directory.