diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index d9d36b6e1024ea..dbaac7f2117130 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -2873,9 +2873,9 @@ changes:
 
 Read data from the file specified by `fd`.
 
-`buffer` is the buffer that the data (read from the fd) will be written to.
+`buffer` is the buffer that the data (read from the fd) will be read from.
 
-`offset` is the offset in the buffer to start writing at.
+`offset` is the offset in the buffer to start reading from.
 
 `length` is an integer specifying the number of bytes to read.