diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 1c3742903affde..0dddd2b3b50dbf 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ changes:
 
 Read data from the file specified by `fd`.
 
-`buffer` is the buffer that the data will be written to.
+`buffer` is the buffer that the data (read from the fd) will be written to.
 
 `offset` is the offset in the buffer to start writing at.