diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 8f363640fc9675..6eaf5b511323c9 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ console.log(data.header.nodejsVersion);
 
 // Similar to process.report.writeReport()
 const fs = require('fs');
-fs.writeFileSync(util.inspect(data), 'my-report.log', 'utf8');
+fs.writeFileSync('my-report.log', util.inspect(data), 'utf8');
 ```
 
 Additional documentation is available in the [report documentation][].