diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 9f7ea62ad12e42..366abb7a0735a4 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -980,12 +980,15 @@ import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 
 try {
   const controller = new AbortController();
-  const signal = controller.signal;
-  readFile(fileName, { signal });
+  const { signal } = controller;
+  const promise = readFile(fileName, { signal });
 
-  // Abort the request
+  // Abort the request before the promise settles.
   controller.abort();
+
+  await promise;
 } catch (err) {
+  // When a request is aborted - err is an AbortError
   console.error(err);
 }
 ```
@@ -999,7 +1002,6 @@ Any specified {FileHandle} has to support reading.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
 -->
-
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
 * `options` {string|Object}
   * `encoding` {string} **Default:** `'utf8'`
@@ -1316,8 +1318,12 @@ try {
   const controller = new AbortController();
   const { signal } = controller;
   const data = new Uint8Array(Buffer.from('Hello Node.js'));
-  writeFile('message.txt', data, { signal });
+  const promise = writeFile('message.txt', data, { signal });
+
+  // Abort the request before the promise settles.
   controller.abort();
+
+  await promise;
 } catch (err) {
   // When a request is aborted - err is an AbortError
   console.error(err);