diff --git a/doc/api/timers.md b/doc/api/timers.md
index ac63d1e63ef7b3..71079343db3aad 100644
--- a/doc/api/timers.md
+++ b/doc/api/timers.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ const signal = ac.signal;
 setImmediatePromise('foobar', { signal })
   .then(console.log)
   .catch((err) => {
-    if (err.message === 'AbortError')
+    if (err.name === 'AbortError')
       console.log('The immediate was aborted');
   });
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ const signal = ac.signal;
 setTimeoutPromise(1000, 'foobar', { signal })
   .then(console.log)
   .catch((err) => {
-    if (err.message === 'AbortError')
+    if (err.name === 'AbortError')
       console.log('The timeout was aborted');
   });