diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 508f7d87f14b49..010c02be11bcf4 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'doc/api/module.md',
         'doc/api/modules.md',
         'doc/api/packages.md',
+        'doc/api/wasi.md',
         'test/es-module/test-esm-type-flag.js',
         'test/es-module/test-esm-type-flag-alias.js',
         '*.mjs',
diff --git a/doc/api/wasi.md b/doc/api/wasi.md
index 5430ae63d50d83..ee0b321c6766cb 100644
--- a/doc/api/wasi.md
+++ b/doc/api/wasi.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ specification. WASI gives sandboxed WebAssembly applications access to the
 underlying operating system via a collection of POSIX-like functions.
 
 ```js
-'use strict';
-const fs = require('fs');
-const { WASI } = require('wasi');
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { WASI } from 'wasi';
+
 const wasi = new WASI({
   args: process.argv,
   env: process.env,
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ const wasi = new WASI({
 });
 const importObject = { wasi_snapshot_preview1: wasi.wasiImport };
 
-(async () => {
-  const wasm = await WebAssembly.compile(fs.readFileSync('./demo.wasm'));
-  const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(wasm, importObject);
+const wasm = await WebAssembly.compile(fs.readFileSync('./demo.wasm'));
+const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(wasm, importObject);
 
-  wasi.start(instance);
-})();
+wasi.start(instance);
 ```
 
 To run the above example, create a new WebAssembly text format file named