diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 1e41b80c36cc75..f3e8e8c40bc2ff 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -499,15 +499,15 @@ Convenient alias to create a `readline` interface and stream over the file. See
 ```mjs
 import { open } from 'node:fs/promises';
 
-let fh;
+let file;
 try {
-  fh = await open(new URL(import.meta.url));
+  file = await open('./some/file/to/read');
 
-  for await (const line of fh.readLines()) {
+  for await (const line of file.readLines()) {
     console.log(line);
   }
 } finally {
-  await fh?.close();
+  await file?.close();
 }
 ```
 
@@ -515,15 +515,15 @@ try {
 const { open } = require('node:fs/promises');
 
 (async () => {
-  let fh;
+  let file;
   try {
-    fh = await open(__filename);
+    file = await open('./some/file/to/read');
 
-    for await (const line of fh.readLines()) {
+    for await (const line of file.readLines()) {
       console.log(line);
     }
   } finally {
-    await fh?.close();
+    await file?.close();
   }
 })();
 ```