diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 3b0fa6416d4674..513da01186ce1e 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ changes:
 * `data` {string|Buffer|TypedArray|DataView|AsyncIterable|Iterable|Stream}
 * `options` {Object|string}
   * `encoding` {string|null} **Default:** `'utf8'`
-  * `flush` {boolean} If `true`, the underlying file descriptor is flushed
-    prior to closing it. **Default:** `false`.
+  * `signal` {AbortSignal|undefined} allows aborting an in-progress writeFile. **Default:** `undefined`
 * Returns: {Promise} Fulfills with `undefined` upon success.
 
 Alias of [`filehandle.writeFile()`][].
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js
index 90bb6e392516f4..42b6dbee309cec 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-append-file.js
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ async function validateAppendString() {
   await fileHandle.close();
 }
 
-validateAppendBuffer()
-  .then(validateAppendString)
-  .then(common.mustCall());
+async function doAppendAndCancel() {
+  const filePathForHandle = path.resolve(tmpDir, 'dogs-running.txt');
+  const fileHandle = await open(filePathForHandle, 'w+');
+  const buffer = Buffer.from('dogs running'.repeat(512 * 1024), 'utf8');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const { signal } = controller;
+  process.nextTick(() => controller.abort());
+  await assert.rejects(fileHandle.appendFile(buffer, { signal }), {
+    name: 'AbortError'
+  });
+  await fileHandle.close();
+}
+
+Promise.all([
+  validateAppendBuffer(),
+  validateAppendString(),
+  doAppendAndCancel(),
+]).then(common.mustCall());