diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 1b54d944e9eea4..aaf44608613543 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -3612,7 +3612,8 @@ added: REPLACEME
 
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
 * `options` {Object}
-  * `force` don't error on nonexistent path
+  * `force` {boolean} When `true`, exceptions will be ignored if `path` does
+    not exist. **Default:** `false`.
   * `maxRetries` {integer} If an `EBUSY`, `EMFILE`, `ENFILE`, `ENOTEMPTY`, or
     `EPERM` error is encountered, Node.js will retry the operation with a linear
     backoff wait of `retryDelay` milliseconds longer on each try. This option
@@ -3637,7 +3638,8 @@ added: REPLACEME
 
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
 * `options` {Object}
-  * `force` Ignore errors
+  * `force` {boolean} When `true`, exceptions will be ignored if `path` does
+    not exist. **Default:** `false`.
   * `maxRetries` {integer} If an `EBUSY`, `EMFILE`, `ENFILE`, `ENOTEMPTY`, or
     `EPERM` error is encountered, Node.js will retry the operation with a linear
     backoff wait of `retryDelay` milliseconds longer on each try. This option
@@ -5555,7 +5557,8 @@ added: REPLACEME
 
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
 * `options` {Object}
-  * `force` Ignore errors
+  * `force` {boolean} When `true`, exceptions will be ignored if `path` does
+    not exist. **Default:** `false`.
   * `maxRetries` {integer} If an `EBUSY`, `EMFILE`, `ENFILE`, `ENOTEMPTY`, or
     `EPERM` error is encountered, Node.js will retry the operation with a linear
     backoff wait of `retryDelay` milliseconds longer on each try. This option
@@ -5567,8 +5570,8 @@ added: REPLACEME
     retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive` option is not `true`.
     **Default:** `100`.
 
-Synchronously removes files and directories (modeled on the standard POSIX `rm`
-utility). Resolves the `Promise` with no arguments on success.
+Removes files and directories (modeled on the standard POSIX `rm` utility).
+Resolves the `Promise` with no arguments on success.
 
 ### `fsPromises.stat(path[, options])`
 <!-- YAML