diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index a688705c034e9b..833e9e4b7d1829 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ try {
   filehandle = await open('temp.txt', 'r+');
   await filehandle.truncate(4);
 } finally {
-  filehandle?.close();
+  await filehandle?.close();
 }
 ```