diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index d8456dbdb3a1f7..832389ce05c6dd 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ try {
   filehandle = await open('temp.txt', 'r+');
   await filehandle.truncate(4);
 } finally {
-  filehandle?.close();
+  await filehandle?.close();
 }
 ```