diff --git a/doc/api/tls.md b/doc/api/tls.md
index e0ddf906843ae5..18c085af64b98e 100644
--- a/doc/api/tls.md
+++ b/doc/api/tls.md
@@ -1071,7 +1071,8 @@ For EC keys, the following properties may be defined:
 
 Example certificate:
 
-```text
+<!-- eslint-skip -->
+```js
 { subject:
    { OU: [ 'Domain Control Validated', 'PositiveSSL Wildcard' ],
      CN: '*.nodejs.org' },