diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 405b38e032587f..19b41c7dcc9d4a 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ const errorMessage = styleText(
   // Validate if process.stderr has TTY
   { stream: stderr },
 );
-console.error(successMessage);
+console.error(errorMessage);
 ```
 
 ```cjs