diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 3be576e175eed5..0d4aab538d14b6 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ changes:
 Asynchronously creates a directory.
 
 The callback is given a possible exception and, if `recursive` is `true`, the
-first directory path created, `(err, [path])`.
+first directory path created, `(err[, path])`.
 `path` can still be `undefined` when `recursive` is `true`, if no directory was
 created.
 
@@ -4886,7 +4886,7 @@ Returns the number of `bytesRead`.
 For detailed information, see the documentation of the asynchronous version of
 this API: [`fs.read()`][].
 
-### `fs.readSync(fd, buffer, [options])`
+### `fs.readSync(fd, buffer[, options])`
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diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index f7484baac2eb1a..79bfde04f286be 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1290,7 +1290,11 @@ event is emitted on the server object, and (by default) the socket is destroyed.
 See [`server.timeout`][] for more information on how timeout behavior can be
 customized.
 
-### `server.listen()`
+### `server.listen(port[, host][, callback])`
+
+* `port` {number}
+* `host` {string}
+* `callback` {Function}
 
 Starts the HTTP server listening for connections.
 This method is identical to [`server.listen()`][] from [`net.Server`][].
diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 13b1f2bef76c5e..e88be8a2e39449 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));
 console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'
 ```
 
-### `stream.Readable.from(iterable, [options])`
+### `stream.Readable.from(iterable[, options])`
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