diff --git a/doc/api/dns.md b/doc/api/dns.md
index 63caf8ed672d81..b60aa5f0e175ec 100644
--- a/doc/api/dns.md
+++ b/doc/api/dns.md
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ For example, looking up `nodejs.org`.
 ```js
 const dns = require('dns');
 
-dns.lookup('nodejs.org', (err, addresses, family) => {
-  console.log('addresses:', addresses);
+dns.lookup('nodejs.org', (err, address, family) => {
+  console.log('address: %j family: IPv%s', address, family);
 });
+// address: "192.0.43.8" family: IPv4
 ```
 
 2) Functions that connect to an actual DNS server to perform name resolution,
@@ -84,15 +85,7 @@ Alternatively, `options` can be an object containing these properties:
 * `all`: {Boolean} - When `true`, the callback returns all resolved addresses
   in an array, otherwise returns a single address. Defaults to `false`.
 
-All properties are optional. An example usage of options is shown below.
-
-```js
-{
-  family: 4,
-  hints: dns.ADDRCONFIG | dns.V4MAPPED,
-  all: false
-}
-```
+All properties are optional.
 
 The `callback` function has arguments `(err, address, family)`. `address` is a
 string representation of an IPv4 or IPv6 address. `family` is either the
@@ -115,6 +108,25 @@ important consequences on the behavior of any Node.js program. Please take some
 time to consult the [Implementation considerations section][] before using
 `dns.lookup()`.
 
+Example usage:
+
+```js
+const dns = require('dns');
+const options = {
+  family: 6,
+  hints: dns.ADDRCONFIG | dns.V4MAPPED,
+};
+dns.lookup('example.com', options, (err, address, family) =>
+  console.log('address: %j family: IPv%s', address, family));
+// address: "2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946" family: IPv6
+
+// When options.all is true, the result will be an Array.
+options.all = true;
+dns.lookup('example.com', options, (err, addresses) =>
+  console.log('addresses: %j', addresses));
+// addresses: [{"address":"2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946","family":6}]
+```
+
 ### Supported getaddrinfo flags
 
 The following flags can be passed as hints to [`dns.lookup()`][].