diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 958a49977e1a17..f6a57f133ea1ff 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ const errorMessage = styleText(
   // Validate if process.stderr has TTY
   { stream: stderr },
 );
-console.error(successMessage);
+console.error(errorMessage);
 ```
 
 `util.inspect.colors` also provides text formats such as `italic`, and