diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index 3e8a6a9d1cbad6..f20f80c747da77 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The size of the `Buffer` is established when it is created and cannot be
 resized.
 
 The `Buffer` class is a global within Node.js, making it unlikely that one
-would need to ever use `require('buffer')`.
+would need to ever use `require('buffer').Buffer`.
 
 ```js
 const buf1 = Buffer.alloc(10);