diff --git a/doc/api/test.md b/doc/api/test.md
index ecfb5c7e998c98..9b8b0940f265ca 100644
--- a/doc/api/test.md
+++ b/doc/api/test.md
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ before each subtest of the current suite.
 
 ```js
 describe('tests', async () => {
-  beforeEach(() => t.diagnostic('about to run a test'));
+  beforeEach(() => console.log('about to run a test'));
   it('is a subtest', () => {
     assert.ok('some relevant assertion here');
   });
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ after each subtest of the current test.
 
 ```js
 describe('tests', async () => {
-  afterEach(() => t.diagnostic('about to run a test'));
+  afterEach(() => console.log('finished running a test'));
   it('is a subtest', () => {
     assert.ok('some relevant assertion here');
   });