diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 42aaf1e3c79e2a..58d99717a92825 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -3661,11 +3661,11 @@ Relative targets are relative to the link’s parent directory.
 ```mjs
 import { symlink } from 'fs';
 
-symlink('./mew', './example/mewtwo', callback);
+symlink('./mew', './mewtwo', callback);
 ```
 
-The above example creates a symbolic link `mewtwo` in the `example` which points
-to `mew` in the same directory:
+The above example creates a symbolic link `mewtwo` which points to `mew` in the
+same directory:
 
 ```bash
 $ tree example/