diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index c4b4df2b59880d..e20d3f99416948 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 
 import CoffeeScript from 'coffeescript';
 
-const baseURL = pathToFileURL(`${cwd}/`).href;
+const baseURL = pathToFileURL(`${cwd()}/`).href;
 
 // CoffeeScript files end in .coffee, .litcoffee or .coffee.md.
 const extensionsRegex = /\.coffee$|\.litcoffee$|\.coffee\.md$/;